When staff at niaaa saw the carpets they identified them as copying the original works of several well known aboriginal artists.
Aboriginal carpet case.
The salesperson was interested in knowing whether the aboriginal carpets for sale in the store were authentic.
Of aboriginal artworks produced by the australian national gallery and a calendar produced by the australian informa tion service.
According to evidence given to the court these publications were at the vietnamese carpet factory when a director of beechrow first visited it.
In both publications the.
The artists were all very prominent.
It involved an australian company which had reproduced woollen carpets with the unauthorised artwork of eight aboriginal artists including a yalangbara based print by banduk marika djanda and the sacred waterhole.
In 1993 wandjuk s sister banduk marika was involved in one of the most successful cases regarding indigenous copyright in australia.
Ken wyatt calls for law change to protect aboriginal artists from carpetbaggers this article is more than 7 months old we do have to protect a unique art style minister for indigenous.