Garden Gnome
Description
Concrete statue of a seated garden gnome statue smoking a pipe. The gnome wears a painted yellow hat, blue jacket, red pants and black shoes. Mould and gnomes were made and donated to the museum in the 1950s by John Bublitz and painted by Anna-Marie White (then Curator of the museum's Social History Collection) and other staff at Puke Ariki in 2004.
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The
gnome
was
made
recently
using
a
1950s
mold.
It
was
presented
to
Puke
Ariki
while
it
was
unpainted
and
was
painted
by
staff
prior
to
exhibition
in
2004.
Accession number
PA2005.197
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Public comments
My beautiful dad John Bublitz loved making Gnomes I
- Tanya Burton posted 3 years ago.
Mold made in the 1950's. Gnomes made and donated in 2004 and painted by Anna marie White and her staff
- John Bublitz posted 6 years ago.
These were donated in the 1950's. by my husband John.
- John Bublitz posted 6 years ago.