bodice
- Museum number
- Oc1979,09.1.b
- Description
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Bodice comprising of many pearly shells sewn with cotton thread onto royal blue fabric backing.
- Dimensions
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Width: 87.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1979:
Composite bodice: many pearly shells sewn with cotton thread onto royal blue fabric backing.
TONGA
Register 1979: "Belonged to a cousin of Queen Salote of Tonga, one of two girls who came to London to take part in a Commonwealth Cabaret arranged by J. Lyons & Co. at the Cumberland Hotel in honour of the Queen's Coronation in 1954...." From vendor's letter of 24.9.1979.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Acquisition notes
- Register 1979: "Belonged to a cousin of Queen Salote of Tonga, one of two girls who came to London to take part in a Commonwealth Cabaret arranged by J. Lyons & Co. at the Cumberland Hotel in honour of the Queen's Coronation in 1954...." From vendor's letter of 24.9.1979.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1979,09.1.b