Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Credit Line
gift from the estate of Patricia Millicent (Coates) McCulloch
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2013.46.1
Primary Maker
Place
Date
1925
Associated Notes
Presentation set comprising trowel and mallet in carved lidded box, presented to Prime Minister the Hon J Gordon Coates to commemorate the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the Auckland War Memorial Museum on 1 August 1925.
Associated Event
Auckland War Memorial Museum laying of the foundation stone; 01 Aug 1925; The Domain/Auckland/New Zealand
Associated Person
Associated Place
Associated Date
01 Aug 1925
Period
Media
Measurement Description
1. box and lid
height: 251mm
width: 380mm
depth: 262mm
.2 trowel
length: 305mm
width (max): 119mm
.3 mallet
length: 215mm
width (max): circa 49.5mm
.1.1 box only
height: 121mm
width: (max): 380mm
depth (max): 262mm
.1.2 lid only
height: 121mm
width: 360mm
depth: 235mm
Measurement Reading
348mm (Side to side external. Not including carved corners)
226mm (Side to side external. Not including carved corners)
121mm
380mm (Including carved corner figures)
262mm (Including carved corner figures)
360mm
235mm
130mm (including carved handle)
380mm (.1.2 and .1.2 sitting together)
262mm (.1.1 and .1.2 sitting together)
251mm (.1.1 and .1.2 sitting together)
Subject Category
Classification
Last Update
15 May 2023
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