Burial of the native child Accession Number: ART23818

Description

Dargie noted, "One of the native men scrapes a shallow hole in the earth with a pointed stick. The police boy places the child in this and the earth is pushed back. The mother squats down beside it and wails. As the baby was half Japanese, some people may find her sorrow quite incomprehensible; others may not."

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Accession Number
ART23818
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and ink and coloured ink washes on paper
Measurement
Overall: 15.4 cm x 17.1 cm
Medium
watercolour, pen, ink and wash on paper
Date Made
March - April 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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