Female soldiers playing cards, Darwin

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin
Accession Number ART91121
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 24.9 x 35 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description gouache over pencil on paper
Maker Sharpe, Wendy Elizabeth
Place made Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin
Date made 1999
Conflict East Timor, 1999-2013
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

A small group five unidentified women service personnel dressed in civilian clothes sit on the ground and play a game of cards. The dark haired figure on the left of the composition wears a purple cap and a blue t-shirt and black shorts. The figure in the centre front wearing a green t-shirt has her back to the viewer and wears her hair tied back in a bun. The figure on the right of group wears checked shorts and a brown tank top with a white hat.