wooden seal, c.1935 (descriptive name)

New Zealand Chinese Association (associated name)

Chinese seal, wooden, from the New Zealand Chinese Association, c. 1935

large wooden one-piece 'block' seal with [engraved] text: "紐絲綸托市比華僑拒日救國後援會印", translated as '[New migrant's or Settler's] Association of [Hawkes Bay]'; tapered from base of seal to top of 'grip'; lengthwise split long one side of seal; three characters on top of grip

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