![GH016528; Costume design for Pageant of Empire: [Siamese dancer]; circa 1941; Rodie, Mollie](https://media.tepapa.govt.nz/collection/313283/preview)
item details
NameCostume design for Pageant of Empire [Siamese dancer]
ProductionMollie Rodie Mackenzie; artist; 1940-41; Wellington
Classificationdrawings, design drawings, fashion illustrations
Materialspaper, poster colour, ink
Materials Summaryposter paint on paper
Techniquesillustration
DimensionsOverall: 178mm (width), 246mm (height)
Registration NumberGH016528
Credit lineGift of Marion F. Mackenzie (née Rodie), 2009
Overview
This costume sketch was originally designed by Mollie Rodie in 1940 for the Red Cross Pageant held in Wellington Town Hall on 18 September 1940. Mollie may have redrawn this sketch for the grand finale of the Victory Queen Carnival in Wellington Town Hall 3-5 June 1941, which featured the same pageant again.
Pageants and queen carnivals were popular ways to raise money during World War II (1939-45).