item details
NameHandkerchief, "Map of the Transvaal"
ProductionUnknown; manufacturer(s); circa 1900
Classificationhandkerchiefs, memorabilia
Materialscloth
DimensionsOverall: 635mm (width), 610mm (height), 1mm (depth)
Registration NumberPC000026
Credit lineGift of Johannes C. Andersen, 1916
Overview
This white cloth handkerchief, made in about 1900, is printed with a map of the Transvaal - the South African Republic - and shows part of the Orange Free State. The handkerchief also features the framed likenesses of President Stephen John Paul Kruger (1825–1904) and the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914).
Writer and collector Johannes Carl Andersen (1873-1962) donated this object to the Dominion Museum in 1931. For more on Andersen and the handkerchief see:
Powell C, Akeli Amaama S (2023) Exploring connections: Reviewing aspects of Te Papa’s historical South African Collection. Tuhinga 34: 75 86. https://doi.org/10.3897/tuhinga.34.106520