| Accession Number | ART91553 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 25 x 28.2 cm |
| Object type | Sketchbook |
| Physical description | black paper, pencil on paper, black cord, metal cord ends |
| Maker |
Ueki, Shizu |
| Place made | New Guinea1, Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul |
| Date made | 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Unbound sketchbook containing eight sheets of black paper tied with black cord
Description
A sketchbook containing eight pages of black paper, with Japanese characters in white on each page. Attached to the black paper are pencil on paper sketches of botanical drawings. The drawings were done by Mrs. Shizu Ueki. Shizu Ueki is a Japanese nurse who worked as a civilian nurse with the 8th Naval Hospital in Rabaul, New Guinea from 1942-43. She presented a photo album containing photographs, pencil and watercolour sketches and pressed flower specimens to the War Memorial in 2001.
- Bougainvillea vine and flowers
- Dayflower (Spiderwort)
- Landscape scene
- Coastal scene
- Volcanic island in the middle of Rabaul Bay
- Beach view with palm trees
- Landscape with hills in background
- Landscape
- Landscape with palm trees
- Weed in banana plantation
- Stem of flowering plant and leaf
- Amaryllis lily
- Cane with grasshopper on leaf, detail of grasshopper
- Creeping vine with pom-pom like flowers
- Creeping vine with tendrils
- Spray of frangipani flowers and leaves
- Pineapple plant