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  • Other Name

    ‘Award’ comprising small fabric elephant mounted on a wooden base (descriptive name)

    Sir Edmund Hillary (associated name)

  • Description

    ‘Award’ comprising small fabric elephant mounted on a wooden base, with a inscribed presentation plaque: ‘Award of All India Film Academy / To Edmund Hillary / Most Promising Executive producer / Over 60 Age Group / July 28th 1979’. This object was a light-hearted 60th birthday gift, made and given by Hillary’s long-time friend, Michael Gill. The ‘award’ referred to the documentary ‘From the Ocean to the Sky’ (1979), which Hillary and Gill produced.

  • Place
    New Zealand
  • Accession Number
    2014.7.112
  • Accession Date
    19 Feb 2014
  • Other Id

    il2011.13.52

    il2011.13

    SH19

  • Department

    History

    Social History

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  • il2011.13.52; cloth elephant with presentation plaque

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