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Scarf given to Joke Schoevers for her 13th birthday on board JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT
Scarf given to Joke Schoevers for her 13th birthday on board JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Scarf given to Joke Schoevers for her 13th birthday on board JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Date1955
Object number00008060
NameScarf
MediumRayon
DimensionsOverall: 863 mm, 0.1 kg
ClassificationsClothing and personal items
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Margaret Hendrikson
DescriptionScarf given to Joke Schoevers for her 13th birthday at Aden, Yemen, while on board JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT during the family's migration to Australia in 1955. The scarf has a central scene of a windmill and tulips titled 'Bollenvelden' surrounded by other sights in the Netherlands, each separately titled; Haven Volendam, Waag Alkmaar, Zeeland, Waag Amsterdam, Marken, Haarlem Bavo, Volendam and Waterport Sneek.