Thursday, 21 November 2024
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'Verdulería en la población / Greengrocers in a población', Anonymous. (Photo: Martin Melaugh)
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| Title of Textile: | Verdulería en la población / Greengrocers in a población |
| Maker: | Anonymous |
| Country of Origin: | Chile |
| Year Produced: | 1980c |
| Size (cm): | 89cm x 59cm |
| Materials: | Scraps of material hand sewn onto burlap |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | This arpillera belongs to a series of three big arpilleras, the complete size of a flour sack, with a specific focus on each. This particular piece depicts dwellers in a shantytown community of Santiago going about their daily routines, engaged in a myriad of family, community and economic activities. In this arpillera, the market is the focal point, where goods are bought and sold, news is exchanged, plans are made and families, ever resourceful in this shantytown community, find a means to survive.
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| Owner: | Conflict Textiles collection. Provenance Arpillera collection, Kinderhilfe, Chile/Bonn |
| Location: | Conflict Textiles store |
| Original / Replica: | Original |
| Photographer: | Martin Melaugh |
| Provenance: | Donation from Kinderhilfe arpillera collection, Chile/Bonn (2009). (HM0724) |
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