Textile

Museum number:
16-18264
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4227
Object count:
1
Description:
multicolored cotton thread embroidery on white cotton cloth, figures representing peoples of Suriname working and playing, various birds and flowers, "Paramaribo 1981" embroidered in one corner; red metal frame with sticker on back for "Atherton Gallery, Atherton, California". removed from frame by conservator February 1988.
Donor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum
Collection place:
Suriname
Verbatim coll. place:
Suriname
Collector:
Ralph Bennett
Collection date:
1979-1980
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Metal, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 72 centimeters and length 82 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 16-18264, described as multicolored cotton thread embroidery on white cotton cloth, figures representing peoples of Suriname working and playing, various birds and flowers, "Paramaribo 1981" embroidered in one corner; red metal frame with sticker on back for "Atherton Gallery, Atherton, California". removed from frame by conservator February 1988.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 16-18264, described as multicolored cotton thread embroidery on white cotton cloth, figures representing peoples of Suriname working and playing, various birds and flowers, "Paramaribo 1981" embroidered in one corner; red metal frame with sticker on back for "Atherton Gallery, Atherton, California". removed from frame by conservator February 1988.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 16-18264, described as multicolored cotton thread embroidery on white cotton cloth, figures representing peoples of Suriname working and playing, various birds and flowers, "Paramaribo 1981" embroidered in one corner; red metal frame with sticker on back for "Atherton Gallery, Atherton, California". removed from frame by conservator February 1988.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 16-18264, described as multicolored cotton thread embroidery on white cotton cloth, figures representing peoples of Suriname working and playing, various birds and flowers, "Paramaribo 1981" embroidered in one corner; red metal frame with sticker on back for "Atherton Gallery, Atherton, California". removed from frame by conservator February 1988.

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