Discovery of cannibalism in Japanese hide-out

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Accession Number ART25745
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 22.7 x 32.5 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and brush and brown ink, gouache on paper
Maker Hele, Ivor
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, West Sepik, Suain
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

Depicts two Australian soldiers discovering evidence of cannibalism in the Suain area, New Guinea, in a Japanese hideout.