Princess of Kokoda

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail
Accession Number ART93208
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 19.6 x 14 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description carbon pencil on paper
Maker Nicholls, John
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail
Date made 1943-44
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

A portrait of a headman's daughter from the Kokoda area in New Guinea. She is wearing Bird of Paradise headgear, and her face is painted with ochre. This work was drawn by soldier artist Lieutenant John Nicholls, NX160003, 2nd Australian Jungle Trunk-Line Maintenance Section, during his service on the Kokoda Trail