Native woman, Koitaki

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number ART29889
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 16 x 25.6 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Ashton, Richard
Place made New Guinea1
Date made 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

Two sketches depicting a native Papuan woman wearing a grass skirt and carrying a 'billum', a string bag for carrying produce which is slung from the head.