Artefact
Artefact
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1947.31, W3037, 29191
Primary Maker
Place
Date
1913
Associated Notes
Flag staff fitting in form of "little idealised Maori heads cast in bronze and gun-metal". One of the gifts to HMS New Zealand of the Auckland Club presented during the 1913 visit of New Zealand's battlecruiser. It was intended as a fitting for the staff used to fly pennants on the pinnacles of HMS New Zealand.
Reference from Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 153, 28 June 1913, Page 9
Associated Event
WW1; 1914-1918
Battle of Jutland; 31 May 1916
Associated Person
Associated Place
Associated Date
1913
1919
Period
Media
Measurement Description
l x w: 290mm x 90mm
Measurement Reading
Subject Category
Classification
Last Update
15 May 2023
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