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Tanya Ashken

She was born in London.

Also recorded as Tanya Handley Drawbridge · Tanya Drawbridge

Tanya Ashken, after her investiture as ONZM, for services to sculpture, silversmithing and jewellery, at Government House, Wellington, on 10 September 2024

New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General · CC0

Identity

Tanya Ashken is recorded as having received Frances Hodgkins Fellowship and Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Tanya Ashken (left), after her investiture as ONZM, for services to sculpture, silversmithing and jewellery, by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Wellington, on 10 September 2024

Tanya Ashken (left), after her investiture as ONZM, for services to sculpture, silversmithing and jewellery, by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Wellington, on 10 September 2024

New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General

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  1. 1939

    Tanya Ashken was born in 1939 at London.

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  • Wellington
  • London
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.

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