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human history

Other Name
My Land My Home (maker's title)
Description
quilt, New Zealand motifs, Baltimore style, titled `My Land My Home', hand appliqued, hand embroidered and hand quilted. feature block representations include, paddle steamer MV Otanui for Wanganui (centre), H.M.S Endeavour for Gisborne and One Tree Hill (top right corner) for Auckland. representaions of native flowers and birds, titoki, pohutukawa, ngaio, clematis, fuschia, manuka, hibiscus, kowhai, fantail, kingfisher, waxeye, wood pigeon.
Place
Auckland/New Zealand
Accession Date
1992
Other Id
T1697 (textile)
Department
Applied Arts and Design

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Credit Line
purchased with funds provided by the Charles Edgar Disney Art Trust, 1992, collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1992, T1697
Primary Maker
Jean Nutter (Quilter)
Place
Auckland/New Zealand
Date
1992
Technique
hand sewn
sewn

quilted

embroidered
embroidery
needlework
Period
nineties
Signature/marks
none (maker's mark)
Media
cotton (textile)
polycotton/cotton (textile)
wool (hair)/hair/animal material
Measurement Description
length 2150mm x width 1770mm
Classification
Quilt
Needlework
Art
08 Communication Artifacts

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02 Furnishings
Last Update
05 Oct 2017

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