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[it-IT]Record tools[it-IT] [it-IT]Displays[it-IT]	The Wanderer Remove from selection Add to selection Numero oggettoM2008/038 TitoloThe Wanderer Creatoreunknown DescrizioneCrudely carved wooden sculpture of a "wanderer" - depicting an old man with a beard, walking, wearing a hat and coat, carrying a walking stick and pack. It was given in appreciation to Mr and Mrs Gill, who worked for the Australian Red Cross and visited DP camps in Germany, taking medical and other supplies to the people there. The sculpture has the letters "D.P." engraved on the base - displaced persons - drawing parallels between the refugees in the camps and the archetypal Jewish wanderer with no home. An inscription, in ink, on the base of the carving reads: "Remembrance for Mrs. D.F. Gill from Portilas Kanes, Berchtesgaden, 21.10.1946". The base features a small enamel badge with an unknown crest. Luogo di produzioneGermany Data circa 1946 Soggettosculptures, woodwork, displaced persons, Australian Red Cross, liberation, art, presents, sculptures Nome oggettosculptures Materialewood, fibres (fabrics), metal, enamel Dimensioni width: 190.00 mm depth: 140.00 mm height: 320.00 mm Lingua Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Josie Kennedy

Numero oggettoM2008/038

TitoloThe Wanderer

DescrizioneCrudely carved wooden sculpture of a "wanderer" - depicting an old man with a beard, walking, wearing a hat and coat, carrying a walking stick and pack. It was given in appreciation to Mr and Mrs Gill, who worked for the Australian Red Cross and visited DP camps in Germany, taking medical and other supplies to the people there. The sculpture has the letters "D.P." engraved on the base - displaced persons - drawing parallels between the refugees in the camps and the archetypal Jewish wanderer with no home.

An inscription, in ink, on the base of the carving reads: "Remembrance for Mrs. D.F. Gill from Portilas Kanes, Berchtesgaden, 21.10.1946". The base features a small enamel badge with an unknown crest.

Luogo di produzioneGermany

Data circa 1946

Soggettosculptures, woodwork, displaced persons, Australian Red Cross, liberation, art, presents, sculptures

Nome oggettosculptures

Materialewood, fibres (fabrics), metal, enamel

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Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Josie Kennedy

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