Camp utensils, Tarsau hospital

Places
Accession Number ART90847
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 38 x 29.2 cm; card: 44.4 x 34.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour, pencil, pen and ink on paper mounted on card
Maker Chalker, Jack
Place made Thailand: Bangkok
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

Camp utensils used in the Tarsau hospital on the Thai-Burma Railway. Many of the improvised utensils are constructed from bamboo and other salvaged materials.