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Mary Dhapalany

Mary is a proud Mandhalpuy woman has been a practicing artist for four decades, and her weaving artwork is representative of traditional craft passed down through generations of women weavers in her family. Dhapalany is a very skilled weaver. She has been making fibre objects for utilitarian and ritual use since her early teenage years. Her work includes mindirr (dilly bags), pandanus mats, gay’wu (bush string bags) and fish traps.

works by this artist

Fish Trap
Mary Dhapalany
textiles