Wooden box with carving (trinket box)
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Title
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Wooden box with carving (trinket box)
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Short summary / description
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A wooden trinket box that that imitates a book shelf. The box was given to Mrs Sylvia Baker, the daughter of Mr Roland McDiarmid who owned an experimental farm where Prisoners of War including Eliseo Pieraciini worked. The trinket box was passed down from Mrs Sylvia Baker to her daughter Roslyn Pearce who donated it to the Cowra and District Historical Society and Museum Inc. in 2023.
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Subject
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Internment camps
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Australia--History--20th century
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Creative Work type
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Craft and design
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Material
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timber
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Date of creation
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1945
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Copyright information / URL
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Eliseo (Peter) Pieraccini, Wooden box with carving (trinket box) (c. 1945-46). Cowra and District Historical Society and Museum Inc. Photo courtesy of Ian Woodcock
