Context (References)
See Colchester, Chloe 2003. 'T-shirts, translation and humour: on the nature of wearer-perceiver relationships in South Auckland', in Colchester (ed.) Clothing the Pacific, Oxford: Berg, pp. 167-191, for contextual information on such t-shirts and discussion of Dean Purcell’s work.
Event Date 2003
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Field collection)
Purchased at Otara Markets in Auckland, March 19 2005.
Event Date 19/3/2005
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Display)
On display in Pasifika Styles, 2006-2008 as part of the installation Eye Land Part II, by Rosanna Raymond.
Event Date 2006
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
T-shirt; brown with yellow coconut and “caution! coconut approach’n” logo.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A brown cotton T-shirt, by Dean Purcell. A yellow plastic transfer logo is placed across the chest depicting a coconut within a triangle, with the 'caption caution! coconut approach’n' below.
Event Date 13/7/2023
Author: Emily Shorter