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Loose pencil sketches

Archive Collections / Violet Mace / Series AA 199/2 / Loose pencil sketches

Loose pencil sketches on brown paper.

Individuals, subjects and locations noted include:

  1. Marion (About 48 years old):
    Drawing 1. black pencil, Australian Aboriginal man hunting lizard,
    Drawing 2. black pencil, Australian Aboriginal woman with digging stick,
    Drawing 3. black pencil, Australian Aboriginal man with spears,
    Drawing 4. black pencil, group of four Australian Aboriginal women

  2. Enos (About 14 years of age) 3 August 1934:
    Drawing 1. black pencil, man on bucking horse, another pulling its tail,
    Drawing 2. black pencil, palm trees with hill in background,
    Drawing 3. black pencil, dog chasing emu,
    Drawing 4. black pencil, two kangaroos

  3. Gordon (About 11 years of age) 3 August 1934:
    Drawing 1. black pencil, two pairs of Australian Aboriginal men fighting, a hut and two people far left and a tree far right,
    Drawing 2. black pencil, four horsemen, one riding, two leading horse and fourth being bucked off,
    Drawing 3. black pencil, kangaroo being chased by two dogs,
    Drawing 4. black pencil, emu being chased by a dog

  4. Ferdinand (About 12 years old) 3 August 1934:
    Drawing 1. black pencil, house with smoking chimney, two palm trees and other trees,
    Drawing 2. black pencil, three Australian Aboriginal men fighting, 'Hermansburg Mission' in print on foot of page,
    Drawing 3. black pencil, emu being chased by dog, and rabbit feeding in foreground
    Drawing 4. black pencil, kangaroo being chased by dog

  5. Malarana 43 (About 13 years of age) 3 August 1934:
    Drawing 1. black pencil, dog chasing Emu,
    Drawing 2. black pencil, three camels, one sitting tied to tree, one standing feeding, one sitting,
    Drawing 3. black pencil, two palms in foreground, hills in background,
    Drawing 4. black pencil, two palms in foreground, hills in background (Emu on reverse)

Creator: Violet Mace
Control: AA 199/2 A-E
Date Range:  1934  -  1934
Formats: Drawings
Series:  AA 199/2
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