Carved and painted wooden model of an alligator

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Title

Carved and painted wooden model of an alligator

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This object is associated with Featherston Prisoner-of-War camp, which was the largest in New Zealand. Between 1942 and 1945, the camp housed about 850 Japanese PoWs. On 25 February 1943, the camp was the site of the notorious 'Featherston Incident' when 48 PoWs and one New Zealand guard were killed. The Featherston camp was New Zealand's first experience of housing and dealing with large numbers of enemy prisoners, and this object evokes a more specific aspect of relations between prisoners...

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Format

Image

Date created

1945

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1291631

Related subjects

Prisoners of war / Featherston (New Zealand) / wood / enamel paint / ornaments / carvings / woodcarving / painting / World War, 1939-1945 / Japanese / New Zealand

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