'Queen' Elizabeth Giblet b. c.1940

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'Queen' Elizabeth Giblet is a maker of Bora beads and puunyas (dilly-bags). Her bags are crafted from various natural materials including wahtul grass, pandanus leaf and lawyer cane.
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Born circa 1940 in North Queensland of the Umpila language group, 'Queen’ Elizabeth Gilbet is a maker of Bora beads and puunyas (dilly-bags). Her bags are crafted from various natural materials including wahtul grass, pandanus leaf and lawyer cane.

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Allas, Tess
Date written:
2007
Last updated:
2011

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References [<ExternalResource: Demozay, Marion (2001), 'Gatherings, Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art from Queensland, Australia', Keeaira Press, Southport, Qld.>, <ExternalResource: Demozay, Marion (2006), 'Gatherings II', Keeaira Press, Southport, Qld.>]