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Wortabowigee (aka Fanny)

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Date

1832-1833

Description

Drawing; watercolour, from a collection of nineteen Thomas Bock portraits of Tasmanian Aboriginal people, held by the British Museum. It depicts Wortabowigee (aka Fanny), a Tasmanian Aboriginal woman from Port Dalrymple. She is wearing a neck-ornament and a fur trimmed cloak, and has scarification on her arms.

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Location

Port Dalrymple, Tasmania, Australia

Country

Australia

Medium

Watercolour