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Auckland Provincial Federation of Women's Institutes 1933 banner and banner bag

Auckland Provincial Federation banner with sixteen small badges attached at sides and base representing the sixteen institutes affiliated to the Federation during the period 1929-1933 :

1929 Henderson, 1930 Glen Eden, 1931 Ngatea, 1932 Waiuku, 1933 Oruru Peria, 1934 Waiuku, 1935 Papakura, 1936 Matakohe, 1937 Waihi, 1938 Albany, 1939 East Tamaki, 1940 Silverdale, 1941 Waitakaruru, 1942 Pukeoware, 1943 Kaipara Flats, 1944 Henderson

Auckland Provincial Federation of Women's Institutes 1933 banner and banner bag

PARTS: .1 banner; .2 banner bag

.1 banner

construction: hand sewn; hand embroidered

material: textile [cotton] front, silk back, embroidery threads, metallic threads and cotton cord

main colour: brown cloth with greens, reds, pinks, yellows and gold embroidery

description:

form: rectangular banner with embroidered motifs and individual diamond-shaped embroidered badges attached at sides and bottom (representing member Institutes); sleeve at top with wooden rod; heavy brown hanging cord at top attached at either end of rod with length of cord ending in tassel down each side

embroidery: embroidered at top with 'APFWI' [Auckland Provincial Federation of Women's Institutes] and at bottom 'AUCKLAND' in embroidered banner motif; a fern frond above the Women's Institute emblem at centre; individual diamond-shaped badges attached at sides and bottom each embroidered with Women's Institute initials, name of district institute and year of establishment

BADGES:

Women's Institute emblem: oval badge with initials 'WI' at centre with tudor rose and maple leaf motifs on either side and inside oval band the institute motto 'FOR HOME AND COUNTRY'

Embroidered badges: (clockwise from right)

1939 EAST TAMAKI

1938 ALBANY

1937 WAIHI

1936 MATAKOHE

1935 PAPAKURA

1934 WAIUKU

1933 ORURU-PERIA

1932 WAIUKU

1931 NGATEA

1930 GLEN EDEN

1929 HENDERSON

1944 HENDERSON

1943 KAIPARA FLATS

1942 PUKEOWARE

1941 WAITAKARURU

1940 SILVERDALE

.2 banner bag

machine stitched