Tamil from Trichinopoly, Madras

Place Asia: Thailand
Accession Number ART24410
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 38.2 x 28 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description sanguine conte crayon on paper
Maker Abbott, Harold
Place made Thailand
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of a Tamil boy from Trichinopoly, India. The Tamil people are an ancient civilisation, originating from the Indian subcontinent. Tamil communities are spread out all across the world, including Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Singapore, and South Africa. During the Second World War when the Japanese occupied Malaysia the Tamils were, in many instances, regimented into forced labour groups and sent by the Japanese to various islands under their temporary control.

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