National Liberation Front flag

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Title

National Liberation Front flag

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

The visit of South Vietnam's Premier, Air Vice-Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky, to New Zealand in January 1967 stimulated a burst of placard- and banner-making for protests staged wherever he went. The protest movement portrayed Ky as a callous dictator, undemocratically in power. This National Liberation Front (or Viet Cong) flag was hand-sewn by Jeremy Lowe, who was secretary of the Wellington Committee on Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. He made three such flags for fellow demonstrators to wave during Ky'...

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Format

Image

Date created

1967

Creator

Jeremy Lowe

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/759834

Related subjects

cotton / flags / hand sewing / New Zealand / Vietnam / Wellington / Wellington Committee on Vietnam

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