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Liz Hobday

HISTORICAL FACTS: Arnhem land weaving wins 100k art award - The Untold Story

Margaret Rarru Garrawurra's winning artwork Dhomala (pandanus sail) stands at three metres high. (MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY) (AAP)

Weaver Margaret Rarru Garrawurra from LaNGarra in NT's Arnhem Land has won the prestigious $100,000 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.

The winning work is a sail almost three metres high, intricately woven from yellow and brown dyed pandanus leaves and titled Dhomala (pandanus sail).

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