Domestic object - Ash Tray, 1943 (approximately)

Historical information

Ash tray made from the burl of a Eucalypt tree by an unknown German Internee in Loveday Camp for Heinz Zienow, a member of the Persian Group of Internees, later transferred to Camp 1 Tatura, and used for the rest of his life. Zienow preferred cigars to cigarettes.

Physical description

Dark wooden carved ash tray, carved from the burl of a Eucalypt, with thin wooden sheet nailed as base. Stained or waxed protective coating.

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