POW compound, Torokina

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Accession Number ART22845
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 45.4 x 60.8 cm Frame: 64.5 x 80cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas on plywood
Maker Herman, Sali
Place made Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Torokina
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The artist painted this picture before the surrender. At that time there were only about eight prisoners in the compound. A whitish-looking dead tree, with angular branches against the background was standing there like a symbol of a gallows.

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