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sporran

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  • Other Name

    St Andrews Pipe Band uniform, Auckland (descriptive name)

  • Description

    sporran and chain;

    Highland sporran (purse) and chain; leather pouch with white [horse hair]attached on front; reverse has a small pocket, a belt loop and four small suspension hoops; front has two silver plated brass thimbles with lengths of black [horse hair] mounted and attached with a chain; silver/brass decoration adorn the top of the sporran with Celtic deigns; interior pouch pocket has text in pencil: D. COURT CITY; simple silver chain link; part of uniform of St Andrews Pipe Band, Auckland.

  • Place
    Unknown
  • Associated Place

    Auckland/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1957.67.2
  • Accession Date
    07 Jun 1957
  • Other Id

    u021.4 (uniform)

    35149 (ethnology)

  • Department

    History

    Social History

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