| Place | Asia: Borneo |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART24414 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 38 x 27.8 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
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Chinese [labourer] from Malaya
Description
Portrait of a Chinese-born labourer from Malaya. The subject has been pictured after his liberation from the Japanese who had pressed him, along with many of his compatriots, into labour gangs for shipment to the former British Borneo territories of Sarawak, Brunei, and North Borneo (Sabah) that were under Japanese occupation.