Ashtray with carved snakes and a monkey figure

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Title Ashtray with carved snakes and a monkey figure
Short Summary / Description Historical information: Item made by an Italian PoW held in Camp 13.

Physical description: Sandstone hand-carved monkey and ashtray. Monkey has decorative markings. Ashtray has a diamond shaped recess carved into the top and decorated with two brown and black painted snakes and green and white leaves.

Inscriptions:
"Prisoner of War" and "Ricordo on side and Ricordo POW" on the bottom of the sculpture
Source: https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/65ee7caeb2201fddf692d8fc
Subject Australia--History--20th century
Art objects, Italian
Foreign workers, Italian
History
Internment camps--Australia
Creative Work Type Craft and design
Material stone
paint
Place Created Murchison PoW Camp No. 13
Place Held Tatura Irrigation and Wartime Camps Museum
ID Number C3720
Date Of Creation 1940 – 1947
URL(s) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/65ee7caeb2201fddf692d8fc
Copyright Information / URL Courtesy of Tatura Irrigation and Wartime Camps Museum. Photo courtesy of Flavia Marcello and Daria Gradusova
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