Accession No

2006.189


Description

T-shirt - T-shirt; yellow with “real men wear skirts” logo.


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Aotearoa New Zealand


Period

21st century


Source

Henare, Amiria; Raymond, Rosanna [collectors]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

2006.189


Cultural Affliation


Material

Cloth; Cotton; Plastic


Local Term


Measurements

765mm x 635mm


Events

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.
Event Date 2003
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Field collection)
Purchased at Otara Markets in Auckland, March 19 2005. Leilani Leau trades under the name Pacific Gear.
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; yellow with “real men wear skirts” logo.
Event Date 01/06/2006
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A yellow cotton T-shirt by Leilani Leau. There is a plastic transfer logo across the chest depicting three men, with a caption below reading 'REAL MEN WEAR SKIRTS' in black text within a curved white rectangle.
Event Date 13/7/2023
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:265594

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