DIBIRDIBI COUNTRY, 2007

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
18 May 2011
100

MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA SALLY GABORI

born c.1924
DIBIRDIBI COUNTRY, 2007

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

197.5 x 101.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist’s name, title and Mornington Island Arts and Crafts cat. 2125-L-SG-0307

Estimate: 
$7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $7,200 (inc. BP) in Auction 20 - 18 May 2011, Melbourne
Provenance

Mornington Island Arts and Crafts, Queensland (stamped verso)
Private collection, Brisbane

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Mornington Island Arts and Crafts, which states: 'My painting shows malbaa which we collect here to make string to make bags. This grass is found thick here on my husband’s country.’