Woman's hat trimmed with ostrich feathers

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Woman's hat trimmed with ostrich feathers

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This wedding hat is trimmed by ostrich feathers purchased by the bride's fiancé when he was in Cape Town on his way to the Western Front in 1916. He arrived back in New Zealand in May 1918, and when the couple married the bride chose to wear a plain navy blue suit, instead of a white dress. This was out of respect for her brother, William Robert Cranstoun, who had been captured by the Germans in in April 1918 and was not released until a few months after the Armistice.

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Image

Date created

Circa 1919

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1276458

Related subjects

feather / velvet / hats / hand sewing / World War, 1914-1918 / Prisoners of war / soldiers / New Zealand / Martha Heenan

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