Accession No
2006.188
Description
A black cotton T-shirt, by Leilani Leau. A plastic transfer design is placed across the chest depicting the Samoan flag, with white text across the bottom of the flag reading 'OVERSTAYER FAI FAI PEA... FAI FAI PEA... KEEP DA FAITH'.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Aotearoa New Zealand; Auckland; Otara
Period
Source
Henare, Amiria; Raymond, Rosanna [collectors]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2006.188
Cultural Affliation
Material
Cloth; Cotton; Plastic
Local Term
Measurements
770mm x 660mm
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; black with “overstayer” motif
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A black cotton T-shirt, by Leilani Leau. A plastic transfer design is placed across the chest depicting the Samoan flag, with white text across the bottom of the flag reading 'OVERSTAYER FAI FAI PEA... FAI FAI PEA... KEEP DA FAITH'.
Event Date 14/7/2023
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:265593
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