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An unmarried woman - Ezbekiah Gardens
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Depicts an unmarried woman wearing a tunic, head dress and veil covering her head and face, leaving only her eyes exposed. This is one of a series of drawings Benson did entitled 'Some Egyptian Types'...ART03605.006.005
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Cairo - a Belle
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Watercolour on a leaf torn from a small sketchpad, depicting an Egyptian woman wearing full black chador. Interestingly, she wears a bangle on her left foot and no shoes. She holds a small child aloft...ART03605.009.002
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Matron Vivian Bullwinkel
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Maker: Bourne, Shirley
Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel AO, MBE, ARRC, ED (1915-2000) served with the 8th Division’s 2/13th Australian General Hospital. She was the sole survivor of the infamous Banka Island massacre an...ART28389
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Peering into the shy girls 'faces'
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Maker: Barker, David Crothers
Depicts a young veiled women being peered at by a old bent women with a cane. This cartoon was included in the second edition of 'Kia-ora Coo-ee', published 15 April 1918, page 3. The Kia Ora Coo-ee w...ART94670
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The national women's headgear: a hood of shame
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A study of a woman pulling her headdress over her. Benson describes the national women's headgear as "a hood of shame".ART03605.020.005