Draughtsman and illustrator George Woods proposed an updated version of the New Zealand coat of arms in the mid-1940s. In his design the European woman on the coat of arms – a bit like France’s Marianne – bares one of her breasts.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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E-094-q-001
Ink drawing by George Woods
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