Mekeo dance

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands, Yule Island (Papua)
Accession Number ART23180
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 15.2 x 20.3 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen, inik and coloured wash on paper
Maker Dargie, William
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Date made 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A rough pen, ink and coloured wash sketch of a traditional dance performed by men of the Mekeo tribe who hail from Yuille Island.