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Rushen Camp internee-made owl paperweight

Date made: 1940-1944

Place made: Port Erin

Description: A varnished pale green concrete or ceramic paperweight in the shape of an owl with red eyes. The paperweight has a green baize covered base and it was made by a civilian internee in the Rushen Internment Camp during the Second World War.

The paperweight belonged to the donor's aunt, Kathleen Jones, who worked in the Rushen Internment camp as a Manx civilian worker in camp administration.

Measurements: overall: 9.5 cm x 6 cm x 8.5 cm

Materials: cement/plaster, felt

Object name: paperweight

Collection: Social History Collection

ID Number: 2009-0043

Subject tags : #WW2INTERNMENTMUSEUMCOLLECTIONS

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