Thursday, 21 November 2024
Textile
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'No nos matarán la esperanza/They won't kill our hope', Anonymous. (Photo: Gaby Franger)
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| Title of Textile: | No nos matarán la esperanza / They won't kill our hope |
| Maker: | Anonymous |
| Country of Origin: | Chile |
| Year Produced: | 1988 |
| Size (cm): | 18cm x 11cm |
| Materials: | Scraps of material hand sewn onto burlap |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | This minute arpillera, created on 8th March 1988, portrays how a group of women prepared themselves prior to participating in a demonstration against the atrocities and repression of the Pinochet regime. The women devised different slogans that would empower them and give them strength in the likely event of their arrest. "No nos matarán la esperanza/They won't kill our hope" was one such powerful slogan. |
| Owner: | Private collection |
| Location: | Roberta Bacic, Northern Ireland |
| Original / Replica: | Original |
| Photographer: | Gaby Franger |
| Provenance: | On loan from owner. (HM0724) |
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