P01735.431 Accession Number: P01735.431

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Markeboy, Somalia. 1993-03-18. A Somali woman, named Mirow, and her two emaciated grandchildren sit beside the brush wall of a dwelling with food (a high protein porridge) which they have just received from an aid worker. The children's mother had died leaving Mirow to carry them in stages over two weeks to the Catholic Relief Agency feeding point as they were too weak to walk.

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Accession Number
P01735.431
Photographer
George Noel Gittoes AM
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Date Made
March 1993
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor G Gittoes
Copyright
AWM copyright

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