Money box

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Title

Money box

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This pottery money box was found at ‘ground zero’ (the epicentre) of the atomic bomb blast that devastated Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945. It is a poignant reminder of everyday Japanese life at the time the United States dropped the bomb near the end of World War II. Jayforce The money box was collected by a member of Jayforce – New Zealand’s contribution to the occupying force after Japan’s surrender. He visited the ruins in 1946 and, like many other New Zealanders, collected such souve...

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Format

Image

Date created

Early 1940s

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/837910

Related subjects

Atomic bombs / Souvenirs / clay / pottery / firing / Japan

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