Boss boy "Aritu", Morobe boy

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Mubo Salamaua Area, Morobe
Accession Number ART28064
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 25.4 x 21.59 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Pratt, Douglas
Place made New Guinea1: Huon Peninsula, Ramu River Finisterre Ranges Area
Date made c. 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Portrait depicting a New Guinean smoking a pipe. The artist has identified him as 'Boss boy "Aritu", Morobe boy'.