EARRING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041079
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 2.1
- Length
- 3.1
- Width
- 1.5
- Description
- WOODEN EARRINGS ARE ELLIPTICAL IN SHAPE WITH LAYERED DIAMOND SHAPED EMBLEM AT CENTRE. CURVED RIM BOUNDARIES EACH CORNER. WOOD IS PAINTED BRONZE WITH GREEN HUED FINISH. BACK OF EARRING HAS METAL SCREW CLIP.
- Subjects
- ADORNMENT
- Historical Association
- ASSOCIATIONS
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- CARVED EARRINGS MADE BY DONOR'S BROTHER WHILE AT COALDALE, POSSIBLY AS A SCOUT PROJECT. BROTHER'S JAPANESE NAME WAS MAKOTO BUT ALSO HAD THE ENGLISH NAME OF TIM. THE FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHERE DONOR'S FATHER FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION. TIM ALSO GREW UP TO BE AN ANGLICAN PRIEST. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041079
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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