Woman at the well

Place Africa: Somalia
Accession Number ART90103
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 44 x 62 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Gittoes, George Noel
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Bundeena
Date made 20 March 1993
Conflict Period 1990-1999
Somalia, 1992-1995
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Depicts a young Somalian woman sitting on the edge of a mountain ridge, while behind her are a large number of men, women and children crowded around an almost dry well. Two Australian peacekeepers in uniform stand guard around the well.

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