| Place | Africa: Somalia |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART90108 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 35.4 x 43.2 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 | 27 March 1993 |
| Conflict |
Period 1990-1999 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Blinding lesson
Description
Depicts a young Somali boy, Mohamad, attacking another young boy with a tin opener from a ration pack, by thrusting the tin opener into one of his eyes. Gittoes noted of this work; '...Mohamad appeared with something clenched in his fist - It was an American tin opener from the ration pack I had given him - as the other boy looked up at Mohamad, Mohamad thrust the opener into the other boy's eye. Mohamad stared for a moment at me - then ran off - his clean bandage still on his leg. The other boy was weeping, blood streaming down his hands from his eye...'.