The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two sketches depicting a Papuan woman wearing a grass skirt and carrying a 'billum', a string bag for carrying produce which is slung from the head.
Several sketches of local Kayo people from the Digul river area in Dutch New Guinea are depicted. In the centre is a profile-view portrait of a woman carrying produce in a "billum", a string bag which
TAMIGUDU AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-12. TAMIGUDU NATIVES CARRYING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FROM NATIVE GARDENS TO THE BEACH. MOST OF THE WORK IS DONE BY NATIVE WOMEN WHO CARRY PRODUCE IN A "BILLUM" (STRING
TAMIGUDU AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-12. TAMIGUDU NATIVES CARRYING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FROM NATIVE GARDENS TO THE BEACH. MOST OF THE WORK IS DONE BY NATIVE WOMEN WHO CARRY PRODUCE IN A "BILLUM" (STRING
TAMIGUDU AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-12. TAMIGUDU NATIVES CARRYING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FROM NATIVE GARDENS TO THE BEACH. MOST OF THE WORK IS DONE BY NATIVE WOMEN WHO CARRY PRODUCE IN A "BILLUM" (STRING
YAMBO, NEW GUINEA, 1944-05-12. NATIVES LOAD A BARGE WITH PRODUCE FROM NATIVE GARDENS. THE "BILLUM" (STRING BAG), HUNG FROM THE HEAD, ASSISTS THE CARRYING OF PRODUCE. THE BARGE, CHARTERED FROM LAE BY T
A portrait of 'Galu', a Papuan woman from the Kokoda area in New Guinea, wearing a grass skirt as she sits to model for the artist. This work was drawn by soldier artist Lieutenant John Nicholls, NX16
