DIBIRDIBI COUNTRY, 2007
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.’