Nini Accession Number: ART28238

Description

A portrait study of 'Nini', a Papuan child from the Finisterre Ranges, New Guinea.

Sergeant Belcher, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps attached to Royal Australian Engineers, was able to obtain leave from his unit and moved between the Ramu Valley and the coast along to Yaula and Mindjim Rivers towards Bogadjim, sketching and recording something of the area's activities during the Second World War.

Details

Accession Number
ART28238
Artist
Sergeant Douglas Leonard Belcher
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
sheet: 20.9 cm x 24.6 cm
Overall: 29.4 cm x 32.9 cm
Medium
pencil on paper with cardboard mounting attached
Date Made
March 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donation 1972-73
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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