Monday, 15 September 2025
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Delincuencia debido a pobreza / Stealing as a Consequence of Poverty (Photo: Martin Melaugh)
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| Title of Textile: | Delincuencia debido a pobreza / Stealing as a Consequence of Poverty |
| Maker: | Anonymous |
| Country of Origin: | Chile |
| Year Produced: | c1977 |
| Size (cm): | 48x38cm |
| Materials: | Scraps of materials hand sewn onto burlap |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | In this arpillera we follow the Poverty to Prison pipeline in four acts read left to right, top to bottom: (1) young people are unable to find employment at the factory, (2) They return home to their unhappy parents and there is no food on the table, (3) The young man becomes a thief to provide for his family, (4) The young man is imprisoned. (HM1124) |
| Owner: | Conflict Textiles collection |
| Location: | Conflict Textiles store |
| Original / Replica: | Original |
| Photographer: | Martin Melaugh |
| Provenance: | Donation from an anonymous member of the Chile Solidarity Committee of Berlin (West). Received Nov 2022. (HM0924) |
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