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cloth, souvenir

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Souvenir cloth: Souvenir of Egypt 1941, NZ Onward, WW2 (descriptive name)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Souvenir embroidered cloth: Souvenir of Egypt 1941, NZ Onward, WW2

    square black velvet cloth with gold fringing; silk floss coloured embroidery, tambour-work chain stitch

    embroidered motifs: NZ Onward badge in each corner; crossed flags (Union Jack and [Egyptian] flag) on each side; at centre, three pyramids flanked by palm trees, with water lines below; embroidered text above and below: Souvenir of Egypt / 1941

    original colours of silk floss thread: green, yellow, red, blue, white, orange; colours faded on front of cloth

    construction: fringing machine-stitched to edge; embroidery machine stitched [tambour work]

  • Wāhi
  • Wāhi Hāngai
  • Accession Number
    1994.158
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    W3510 (war)

  • Wāhanga
cloth, souvenir W3510

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