Place | Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville |
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Accession Number | ART28555 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 30.9 x 26 cm (irreg) |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | brush and ink with wash on paper |
Maker |
Herman, Sali |
Place made | New Guinea1 |
Date made | 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Study for 'The road to Buin, South Bougainville'
Description
Study for natives building corduroy road through jungle, often in extreme conditions of heat and torrential rain. Hundreds of natives, some chopping trees and splitting wood, others laying them across the track. See ART22837.