230303PD: L to R: Jinny Turner making a dinner mat, Mrs Schenk, Tarbutty (Jacky Anderson’s mother learning to make a promise basket), Linda Barnes making a work basket and Mona Burton making a hand purse, 1930

Warnings and disclaimer

Title devised by cataloguer. This photograph found three times in the collection: As a print at BA1340/Era3/2B; as a glass negative at 230303PD and as a mounted print at BA1340/189-191. Photo captions: Main photograph: Mrs Schenk teaching native women and girls to earn a living by working form money. Caption supplied by donor, Era 3 part 1: Mrs Mysie Schenk teaching Tarbutty to make a raffia promise basket at Mount Margaret in the new Raffia Room 1930. L to R: Jinny Turner making a dinner mat, Mrs Schenk, Tarbutty (Jacky Anderson’s mother learning to make a promise basket), Linda Barnes making a work basket and Mona Burton making a hand purse. Bottom left: Native handicrafts ancient and modern. Bottom right: Raffia. The caption in A drop in a bucket spells Tarbutty as Tarbadee. Mrs Isobel Schenk was always known as Mysie.

Subjects

• Online image.
• Women artisans -- Western Australia -- Mount Margaret Mission -- Photographs.
• Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Mount Margaret Mission -- Photographs.
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Call Number

BA1340/95, 189-191