AUCTION | Aboriginal Works of Art | 4 June 2019

LOT #71 Linda Gilbert (c.1960- ) Syaw, 2007 200 x 160 cm synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen $4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE Durrmu Arts, NT Cat Nu. c702 Karen Brown Gallery, NT Tjala Aboriginal Art, Sydney, NSW Cat No. TAA1201 The Mike Chandler Collection, NSW accompanied by a Durrmu Arts certificate of authenticity Linda Gilbert lives and paints at Peppimentarti, an Aboriginal community in the Daly River region of the Northern Territory. Peppimenarti, or ‘Peppi’ as it is known, is situated on Tom Turner Creek approximately 320 km south west of Darwin.

This painting depicts the traditional syaw or fish-net that is woven each year by the women of Peppimentarti from sand-palm, or merrepen, to catch barramundi and small crayfish.