Object Number: 2024/004/001

Collection: British Empire & Commonwealth

Object Name: book

Description: 'Copy of book ‘Sepik Diary’ by Australian artist Frank Hodgkinson (1919-2001). Published by Reid Books in 1984. Book is signed by the artist and includes a limited edition etching of a bat. The book records the artist’s 500-mile journey by dug-out canoe along the Sepik River of Papua New Guinea and captures the life and art of the people living along the river.