Accession No
2006.187
Description
A yellow cotton T-shirt by Leilani Leau. There is a plastic transfer logo across the chest depicting a flip-flop within a red circle with the name 'Freshies' in white text in a black rectangle across it; the caption 'AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE. Made with Pacific Gear' is written below in red and black text.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Aotearoa New Zealand; Auckland; Otara
Period
21st century
Source
Henare, Amiria; Raymond, Rosanna [collectors]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2006.187
Cultural Affliation
Material
Cotton; Cloth; Plastic
Local Term
Measurements
745mm x 630mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Purchased at Otara Markets in Auckland, March 19 2005. Leilani Leau trades under the name Pacific Gear. 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. On display in Pasifika Styles, 2006-2008 as part of the installation Eye Land Part II, by Rosanna Raymond. F. Veys, 26/7/2006.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
T-shirt; yellow with “freshies” motif
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A yellow cotton T-shirt by Leilani Leau. There is a plastic transfer logo across the chest depicting a flip-flop within a red circle with the name 'Freshies' in white text in a black rectangle across it; the caption 'AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE. Made with Pacific Gear' is written below in red and black text.
Event Date 13/7/2023
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:265592
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