Summary
Wooden sculpture of a female human figure made by a patient at Mayday Hills Hospital, a mental health hospital in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia circa 1954-1980.
Physical Description
Carved female figure apparently in dancing pose, carved from a branch of wood with an additional branch added to form an arm. Grids have been drawn over figure enclosing lines of inscriptions over head, arms, legs, torso and back. Inscriptions in Romanian are executed in red and blue ballpoint pen.
Significance
Example of artworks created by patients at a mental health hospital in Victoria Australia
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Medicine & Health, Migration & Cultural Diversity, Public Life & Institutions
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mayday Hills Hospital, Sep 1992
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Place & Date Made
Mayday Hills Hospital, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1977
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Place Used
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Inscriptions
Inscribed over head, arms, legs, torso and back, red and blue ballpoint pen [extensive text].
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - occupational therapy, Products
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
49 cm (Length), 23.5 cm (Width), 80.5 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Artworks, Immigration, Mental Health, Mental Health Institutions, Occupational Therapy, Psychiatric Hospitals, Making History - Psych Services
