Javanese and natives weaving thatch for artillery camouflage

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number ART29880
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 18.6 x 25 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description brown pencil on paper
Maker Ashton, Richard
Place made New Guinea1
Date made 1942-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

Javanese native Papuans are depicted weaving thatch which is to be used for artillery camouflage.