Hat
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Description
A woven raffia hat with gaps in 5 rows of pattern above the brim. Hand decorated with lace around the brim and above for 30mm. Small bunches of dried flowers sewn onto lace. Mauve ribbon with long tails of lace and ribbon sewn onto back of hat.
Joy was Principal of Tauranga Girls’ College from 1959 until about 1981. She was the recipient of many honours, the last being when she was made Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009. Joy added Te Reo to the College curriculum, the first state school in New Zealand to do so. At various times she was on the executives of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the National Council of Women, Chairperson of the BOP Women’s Refuge and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Waikato. Joy Drayton died in Tauranga in 2012 aged 96. (Information written by Peg Cummins and taken from taurangahistorical.blogspot.com)
Joy was Principal of Tauranga Girls’ College from 1959 until about 1981. She was the recipient of many honours, the last being when she was made Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009. Joy added Te Reo to the College curriculum, the first state school in New Zealand to do so. At various times she was on the executives of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the National Council of Women, Chairperson of the BOP Women’s Refuge and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Waikato. Joy Drayton died in Tauranga in 2012 aged 96. (Information written by Peg Cummins and taken from taurangahistorical.blogspot.com)
Measurements
320mm (width), 160mm (depth)
Credit line
Gifted by Joy Drayton
Accession number
0021/14
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