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Elsdon Best Memorial medal awarded to Judith Binney
- Date
- 2009
- Reference
- Objects-0906
- Description
Maker(s) and artist(s) not identified.
Shows on the obverse a human figure with a weku or koruru head, and flanked by the 'double manaia', a well-known device in Maori carving. The reverse is not decorated, but has Dame Binney's name and the date of the award engraved on it.
Title supplied by Library.
The Elsdon Best Memorial medal was established in 1970 by the Polynesian Society, awarded for 'outstanding scholarly work on the New Zealand Maori'.
Quantity: 1 curio(s).
Physical Description: Circular stirling silver medallion, diameter 38 mm, thickness 2 mm
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1976.
Processing information: Description edited as part of Curios and Objects survey, 2022.
Previous reference: Curios-046-003.
Previous title: Maker unknown :Elsdon Best Memorial medal / [awarded to] Prof. Emeritus Judith Binney. 2009.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection / Series 18 - Medals awarded to Judith Binney
- Format
- 1 curio(s), Curios, Objects, Medals, Silverwork, Circular stirling silver medallion, diameter 38 mm, thickness 2 mm, Orientation: Circular image
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