Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 18 May 2011 | Melbourne
Lot 100
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori
born c.1924
DIBIRDIBI COUNTRY, 2007
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
197.5 x 101.0 cm
Estimate:
$7,000 - 10,000
Lot sold: $7,200 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
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
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.’