Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River Finisterre Ranges Area |
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Accession Number | ART28063 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 24.5 cm x 12.5 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pencil on paper |
Maker |
Pratt, Douglas |
Place made | New Guinea1: Huon Peninsula, Ramu River Finisterre Ranges Area |
Date made | 14 January 1944 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Wewak boy, 'Yamana', Ramu Valley
Description
Seated on a box is a Wewak boy from New Guinea. The artist inscribed the work with his name "Yamana", and also writing "our name 'shorty' ".