Not titled [Papuan in headgear with drum]

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail
Accession Number ART93262
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
Date made 1943-44
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

A portrait of a Papuan man who is wearing headgear for the seven day sing-sing, a Papuan gathering with cultural dance and music. 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