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Rectangle piece of white elasticised material threaded through a metal clasp to form a loop and one end. Metal D ring hooked through loop and attached to a white rubber tab with a hollow metal figure of 8 shaped ring when top part smaller than bottom part. Bottom part of ring clips over a rubber stud at end of tab.

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Registration number

cwa-org-33-AK2001.45A

Item type

Costumes

Width

15 mm

Height or length

110 mm

Statement of significance

MEDIUM

Provenance: Known to have been worn by Zoe (Susie) Pyke when a young lady in the 1950s around Armadale

Representativeness: Of young women's fashion from the 1950s in Western Australia

Last modified

Thursday, 1 October, 2026

Completeness

72

City of Armadale - History House

City of Armadale - History House

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