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User keywords, or 'tags', are words added to object records by other users to enhance their discovery. You can add keywords that may be useful in helping others find this object.

We are experimenting with tagging because sometimes museums describe objects in language that is highly specialist and user added keywords are useful in bridging the 'semantic gap' between the language of the museum and that of the user.

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96/346/2 Wig, 'Jane Mansfield', polystyrene/acrylic paint/glitter/wire/plastic tape, Michael Gates, Sydney, 1992
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Object statement
Wig, 'Jane Mansfield', polystyrene/acrylic paint/glitter/wire/plastic tape, Michael Gates, Sydney, 1992
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
Designed by Michael Gates, who performs in Australian drag shows and creates the costumes for the performances.

By Michael Gates who is a performer in Australian Drag shows and creates the costumes for the performances.
History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
Made by Michael Gates performing as Maude Boate for the Divas Awards (Drag Industry Variety Awards) 1992.

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Description
Wig, 'Jane Mansfield', polystyrene/acrylic paint/glitter/wire/plastic tape, Michael Gates, Sydney, 1992. Wig made from carved polystyrene on a chicken wire base, with electrical tape lining. In the form of an exaggerated 1950's Hollywood hair style, painted in white acrylic paint with applied glitter.

Designed: Gates, Michael; Sydney

Made: Gates, Michael; Sydney


Used: Gates, Michael; Sydney
Marks
None
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
96/346/2
Height
320 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Purchased 1996
Subjects
+ Drag shows
+ Cross dressing
Short persistent URL
Concise link back to this object: http://from.ph/152969
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{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/152969 |title=96/346/2 Wig, 'Jane Mansfield', polystyrene/acrylic paint/glitter/wire/plastic tape, Michael Gates, Sydney, 1992 |author=Powerhouse Museum |accessdate=26 May 2013 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum, Australia}}


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