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Kava maiden with attendants

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  • Description

    Original study for drawing featured in The Times, London, 1955. The drawing depicts a young Tongan woman making kava, flanked by 2 men.

  • Other Id

    875 (Presto content ID)

    PD-1994-5-19-1 (Reference Number)

    94/5 (accession number)

    PD84 (Legacy number)

  • Department

Images and documents

Images

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Kava maiden with attendants
  • Primary Maker

     Noelle Sandwith (Artist)

  • Date
    Circa 1954
  • Signature/marks

    Noelle Sandwith

  • Physical Description

    72.5 x 56 cm

  • Level of Current Record
    Child
  • Related Object Notes
    Sandwith, Noelle Ora. Wide-eyed in Tonga: a south seas odyssey. MS 94/43.
    PA 36 (1-6); PB 40; PC 51 (1-11,13-23); PD 165 (1-6).
  • Is Part Of
  • Media/Materials
    Charcoal
  • Edition/State/Version
    20
  • Subject Category
  • Provenance Details
    Noelle Sandwith
    "Junglewood'
    17 Addison Road
    Wanstead, London
    England
  • Public Access Text

    On the verso of this sketch is a untitled sketch of 3 figures and seated group of 2 men and woman with child on verso. Ref. PD-1994-5-19-2.

    "A version of this drawing reproduced in The Times, London in 1955. This is the original study". (see No 4 of illustrations ringbinder in Ms)

  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    06 Dec 2022

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