Elsie Gabori 'Mum Dawn's Country' 2014Elsie Gabori, My Country, 2018, synthetic polymer on canvas, 90 x 60 cm Artist: Elsie Gabori Born: 1947 Language: Kayardild Country: Dulkawaine Bentinck Island Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria Catalogue MOIS55 18, Certificate of Authenticity Provided Courtesy of Mirndiyan Gununu Aboriginal Corporation, Mornington Island Art Centre. *Please note: NorthSite Contemporary Arts sells this work acting as agent for the artist. GST does not apply to the

KIBIM (BLACKFISH)

'Rite of Passage' is a group exhibition curated by Shannon Brett

Its why our people have continued to pass on traditional stories and cultural traditions"

Image size: 30 x 50 cm

Keeping her identity within a modern and changing time

motivated by art that operates at the juncture of cultural politics and visual practice

At the top of the work is a pearl diver’s helmet – the crown of men from the pearl diving era

Mabuyag Island and smaller islands are seen in the background

Etching printed in black from one plate with Chine Colle

It was a celebration of the arrival of native fruits and yams

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Catalogue MOIS55-18