This sculpture shows a woman carefully balancing two shells, one on each shoulder. Handling explosives was dangerous work. A dropped shell or a wayward spark could mean disaster for a munitions factory and its workers.

The Shell Finisher
Sculpted by Frances Loring between 1918 and 1919
Beaverbrook Collection of War Art
Canadian War Museum, 19710261-0414

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