Textile
Details
'Reparadora de calzados / Shoe repair workshop', Anonymous. (Photo: Martin Melaugh)
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| Title of Textile: | Taller de calzados / Shoe repair workshop |
| Maker: | Anonymous |
| Country of Origin: | Chile |
| Year Produced: | 1983c |
| Size (cm): | 67cm (w) x 62cm (l) |
| Materials: | Scraps of material hand sewn onto burlap |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | This arpillera illustrates how the sense of community and inter-dependence that exists among the poor helps them endure the hardships of poverty and violent conflict. Thus the cobbler, who enables people who can't afford new shoes to continue wearing the ones they have, can earn his own living and keep his family. |
| Owner: | Conflict Textiles collection. Provenance Arpillera collection, Kinderhilfe, Chile/Bonn |
| Location: | Conflict Textiles store |
| Original / Replica: | Original |
| Photographer: | Martin Melaugh |
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