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Boy from Arawe
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Maker: Walker, Ralph
Sketch of a native male from Arawe, New Britain where the skull is bound in infancy to produce this peculiar elongated effect.ART29152
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Japanese POW officer
Art
Maker: Walker, Ralph
Sketched portrait of an unidentified male Japanese POW officer wearing a cap with ear flaps in New Britain.ART29161
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Japanese prisoner of war
Art
Maker: Walker, Ralph
Depicts a head and shoulders profile portrait of a Japanese prisoner of war, wearing a cap. The drawing is a study for a sculpture.ART29159
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Native head
Art
Maker: Walker, Ralph Meridian Sculpture Founders
Bronze casting of a native's head. The subject is a man from an area in New Britain where it was customary to bind the head of infants in order to create an elongated effect as they grew.ART92251
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Native head
Art
Maker: Walker, Ralph
Originally called 'Boy from Arawe'. The sculpture depicts the head of a member of the New Guinea Infantry Battalion, with the artist noting that he was from a district where the heads of children are ...ART26754
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Officer, Japanese POW, New Britain
Art
Maker: Walker, Ralph
Portrait study of head of male, unidentified Japanese prisoner of war. He wears a hat with earflaps.ART29158