Natives sewing carpet

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number ART22667
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 46.9 cm x 63.5 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description sanguine pastel on wove paper
Maker Heysen, Nora
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Two young girls Mete and Awebalu sewing carpet for the Sister's Mess, 2/7th Australian General Hospital, Lae, New Guinea.