Dayflower (Spiderwort)

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Accession Number ART91553.002
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 25 x 20.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Ueki, Shizu
Place made New Guinea1, Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
Date made 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Depicts a detailed study of a Dayflower or Spiderwort plant. Shizu Ueki was a Japanese nurse who worked as a civilian nurse with the 8th Naval Hospital in Rabaul, New Guinea from 1942-43. She presented a photo album containing photographs, pencil and watercolour sketches and pressed flower specimens to the War Memorial in 2001.