Bronze Horse
Object type
Artifact
- Description
-
Life size.
Originally on display at the Collinson and Cunninghame department store doors 1928 – 1983. On donation it first went on display at the Convention Centre, until 2001, and later to Te Manawa Museum and Science Centre where it remains.
One of 4 models sculptured by German Professor Artur Volkman in the 1920s. It was stipulated that the 4 horses must reside in different continents. Collinson and Cunninghame purchased the model in Sydney 1928
Identification
- Identifier
- PNCC 1/38/1:0:5
- Location
- Ian Matheson City Archives
- Access
- Open
- Copies
- 1
- Related series (1)
- PNCC Archives > Gifts to the City (PNCC 1/38/1)
- Related creating agency (1)
- Palmerston North City Council, Town Clerk’s Department