Wewak boy, 'Yamana', Ramu Valley

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River Finisterre Ranges Area
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
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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' ".