Wedding dress

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Title

Wedding dress

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This wedding dress was made from good quality Japanese silk brought home from Japan in late 1946 by New Zealander Allen Witt who was part of the first Jayforce contingent sent to occupy Japan after the Second World War.His bride to be, Jessie Pearce, made the dress for their wedding in Wellington on 11 October 1947. After Japan's surrender in August 1945 the New Zealand government agreed to participate in the occupation as part of a Commonwealth force. 4000 New Zealand troops (known as Jayfor...

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Format

Image

Date created

1947

Creator

Jessie Witt

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1254919

Related subjects

Women / silk / wedding dresses / sewing / Armies / War / World War, 1939-1945 / New Zealand

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