Place | Asia: Vietnam |
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Accession Number | ARTV07368 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 76 x 55.9 cm |
Object type | Poster |
Physical description | photoscreenprint on paper |
Maker |
Martin, Mandy Martin, Mandy Martin, Mandy |
Date made | 1975 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Vietnam
Description
Depicts several Vietnamese woman, one with a child on her back, carrying an M16 machine guns, walking through a rice paddy field. The pagoda in the background has been replaced by a giant Coca-Cola bottle, symbolic of American war imperialism. The accompanying text on the poster states that the 'drive of the US is to replace traditional status values'.