Boss boy "Aritu", Morobe boy Accession Number: ART28064

Description

Portrait depicting a New Guinean smoking a pipe. The artist has identified him as 'Boss boy "Aritu", Morobe boy'.

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Accession Number
ART28064
Artist
Captain Douglas Pratt
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 25.4 cm x 21.59 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
c. 1944
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented 1974
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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