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The Nuba mountains and their valleys and wide fertile lowlands cover an area about the size of Australia. The people of the Nuba are skilful farmers growing crops on terraces on the hillsides and, in more peaceful times, working the fields down in the plains
(1994)

Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
33.2 × 49.6 cm (image) 40.6 × 50.8 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Kordofan, Sudan
Inscription
typed on accompanying paper label: JACK PICONE (underlined) / The Nuba mountains and their valleys and wide fertile lowlands cover an area / about the size of Australia. The people of the Nuba are skilful farmers growing / crops on terraces on the hillsides and, in more peaceful times, working the fields / down in the plains.
Accession Number
1996.547
Department
Australian Photography
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Coles Myer Ltd, Governor, 1996
Gallery location
Not on display