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Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes :Grand Lodge of New Zealand. Haeremai, Lodge no. 22. This is to certify that Brother Charles Henry Cabot has been duly initiated into the mysteries of Buffaloism with all the ancient rites and ceremonies. As witness our hands and seal this 2nd day of October 1953. R G Beavis; J Thompson; Wm J Collin. Weeks Ltd Christchurch N.Z. 15876 [ca 1953]
- Date
- 1953
- By
- Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes; Weeks Ltd
- Reference
- Eph-C-CABOT-Miscellaneous-1953-01
- Description
A certificate with text surrounded by a frame of coat of arms above an arch, columns and pedestal. The coat of arms shows an knight and a buffalo on either side of a shield and the motto "Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit" (No mortal is wise all the time). Panels show tableaux representing Europe, Asia, Africa and America. At the lower edge are scenes of King John signing the Magna Carta and Queen Elizabeth presenting Earl Essex the banner and motto of the Order. In the centre above the text is a portrait of a man in 16th century (?) dress (possibly Shakespeare), and below the text panel is the head of a buffalo.
Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 456 x 330 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976] / [Ephemera and posters up to A3 size, collected by Charles Cabot, for a range of miscellaneous events]
- Format
- 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s), Ephemera, Letterpress works, Posters, Chromolithograph, 456 x 330 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes. Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes :Grand Lodge of New Zealand. Haeremai, Lodge no. 22. This is to certify that Brother Charles Henry Cabot has been duly initiated into the mysteries of Buffaloism with all the ancient rites and ceremonies. As witness our hands and seal this 2nd day of October 1953. R G Beavis; J Thompson; Wm J Collin. Weeks Ltd Christchurch N.Z. 15876 [ca 1953]. Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]. Ref: Eph-C-CABOT-Miscellaneous-1953-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22301308More information can be found in our terms of use.