Mounted Identity Ribbons, Napier City Celebrations
Production date
1950
Object detail
Brief Description
Identity ribbons, mounted on card, from the Napier City celebrations.
There are two rows of ribbons. The first row has four ribbons with a straight edge at the top and an inverted v-shape at the bottom, coloured white, blue, red, and purple. There are two black and white strands of ribbon attached to cardboard rosettes in the second row.
The different coloured ribbons indicate years of residence in Napier: White 60 - 70; Blue 70 - 80; Red 80 - 90; and Purple over 100. The top layer of ribbons have printed in gold: Napier City and 75 Jubilee Celebrations, 1950. One rosette is printed with the words: Celebrations Official, and the other with: Celebrations Executive.
There are two rows of ribbons. The first row has four ribbons with a straight edge at the top and an inverted v-shape at the bottom, coloured white, blue, red, and purple. There are two black and white strands of ribbon attached to cardboard rosettes in the second row.
The different coloured ribbons indicate years of residence in Napier: White 60 - 70; Blue 70 - 80; Red 80 - 90; and Purple over 100. The top layer of ribbons have printed in gold: Napier City and 75 Jubilee Celebrations, 1950. One rosette is printed with the words: Celebrations Official, and the other with: Celebrations Executive.
Production date
1950
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Brown cardboard; handwritten caption in black ink; ribbons; staples affixing black and white ribbons to cardboard rosettes
Media/Materials
Measurements
Length x Width: 330 x 203mm
white: Length x Width: 122 x 35mm
blue: Length x Width: 125 x 35mm
red: Length x Width: 123 x 35mm
purple: Length x Width: 118 x 35mm
celebrations official: Length x Width: 149 x 62mm
celebrations executive: Length x Width: 152 x 60mm
white: Length x Width: 122 x 35mm
blue: Length x Width: 125 x 35mm
red: Length x Width: 123 x 35mm
purple: Length x Width: 118 x 35mm
celebrations official: Length x Width: 149 x 62mm
celebrations executive: Length x Width: 152 x 60mm
Signature/Inscription
H.B. ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Stamp, Stamped
H.B. ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Stamp, Stamped
OLD IDENTITY RIBBONS / YEARS OF RESIDENCE / 60-70 70-80 80-90 OVER 90, Inscription, Handwritten
H.B. ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, Stamp, Stamped
OLD IDENTITY RIBBONS / YEARS OF RESIDENCE / 60-70 70-80 80-90 OVER 90, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject date
1950
Other number(s)
70230
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