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[edit]Box, sewing (and contents)
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Duffy, Lionel Vernon |
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Box, sewing (and contents) |
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| Object type | Conscientious objecter/wars Classification: NM3.6450 |
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English: Sewing box (and contents) Made by Lionel Vernon Duffy while interned as a conscientious objector during WW2. rectangular box with hinged lid (one hinge broken) Lid- inlaid wood Inside lid- two black ribbons either side for holding lid open (both broken); fittings inside lid- 8 spool-holders along top; on one side a ‘lattice’ of black ribbon Inside box- a removable tray with six compartments; below that three compartments fitted into base Contents of sewing box- assorted sewing accessories- sewing cottons, marking pencils, elastic, bias binding, and a partly completed embroidered canvas band geometric pattern in fawn and brown with matching unused thread wound around a cardboard tube (see association notes for details) |
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| Date | Late 1940s-1960s; 06 Jun 2017; World War 2-wars; 26 May 2017; (1942-1945); 1942-1945 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017.43.10 |
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| Place of creation | Hautu; New Zealand; Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2017.43.10 Gift of Graeme Duffy |
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| Notes | Inlaid wooden box with hinged lid for storing personal accessories Made by Lionel Vernon Duffy, while interned as a consicentious objector, WW2. Contents of box- Contents of sewing box Paper bag of plastic curtain fittings Partly completed embroidered canvas band geometric pattern in fawn and brown with matching unused thread wound around a cardboard tube Ten reels cotton (various colours) 1 spool with heavy red brown ‘thread’ 1 small spool with blue cotton 1 (ball) Coats chain mercer crochet 10 (20 g weight) I hank Coats wool and nylon plait for reinforcing and mending 1 card Coats snap fasteners (domes) 4 pieces elastic 2 cards with wide bias binding, and one loose piece wide white bias binding 1 sewing gauge card (product packaging (minus gauge) 1 knitting holder (in form of large ‘safety pin’ 3 marking pencils (white, blue and pink), two have plastic caps) handwritten instructions for ‘crafting’ – method of joining 2 pieces of knitting invisibly Handwritten diagram showing ‘sewing maching cap…. Connections) 2 buttons 2 shallow plastic trays 1 plastic tray – broken; previously repaired with sellotape Lionel Duffy was a conscientious objector on religious grounds. He belonged to a religious group, the friends, known during WW2 by the name the Christian Assemblies. Lionel had joined this group in the late 1930s-early 1940s. H was sentenced to detention in May 1942 and spent time at Hautu and possibly other camps in the central North Island. His brother Colin received a similar sentence later that year. While in camp Lionel worked bush-clearing. In his leisure time he used pieces of wood found in the bush to create small domestic items, many featuring wood inlay. Some he used in camp, and other pieces were made as gifts. While in camp Lionel received visits from Violet Kingston who, with her parents Richard and May Kingston, would travel down by train. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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