P03258.281 Accession Number: P03258.281

Description

Two armed members of the Australian Force Communications Unit (FCU) of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) squat with six Cambodian children who have followed them into a Buddhist meditation cave used by the Khmer Rouge to dump executed bodies during the genocide of the Pol Pot regime. The young boy second from the left is holding a plastic toy AKM. A huge pile of skulls and other skeletal remains have been heaped onto a long low shelf against the wall of the cave behind them, which forms the focus for prayers and offerings to the victims. Located on a hill next to the resurrected Turtle Wat community on the road from Battambang to Pailin, this site was used for centuries as a place of rest and contemplation.

Details

Accession Number
P03258.281
Maker
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Date Made
1993
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor H Smith
Copyright
AWM copyright

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