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Queenie
McKenzie
Gija (c.1930–1998)
Women’s Place on Texas Downs, 1997
natural pigments and binder on canvas; framed
46 x 61cm
PROVENANCE
Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, WA, cat.no.AP1080
Hogarth Galleries Aboriginal Art Centre, Sydney; accompanied by original
certificate of authenticity
Private Collection, Sydney
Documentation reads
This painting shows the paths (banan), which border the women’s place
at Texas Downs Station. This place is an echidna dreaming place and Queenie
herself was a reincarnation (wibilirri) of the echidna from this country.