Dressing arm wound

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Mubo Salamaua Area, Salamaua
Accession Number ART22542
Collection type Art
Measurement card: 50.2 x 38.6 cm (illeg.); 33.4 x 24.4 cm (illeg.)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper mounted on card
Maker Hele, Ivor
Place made New Guinea1: Mubo Salamaua Area, Salamaua
Date made July 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Hele shows the figures of two soldiers. One is seen from behind, dressing the arm wound of the other soldier, who is facing the viewer but with head down looking at his arm.