Thursday, 21 November 2024
Textile
Details
'Corte de Agua 2 / Water Cut 2', Anonymous. (Photo: Martin Melaugh)
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| Title of Textile: | Corte de agua 2 / Water cut 2 |
| Maker: | Taller de Mujeres Zona Oriente, Santiago |
| Country of Origin: | Chile |
| Year Produced: | 1980c |
| Size (cm): | 70cm (w) x 60cm (l) |
| Materials: | Scraps of material hand sewn onto burlap |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | This arpillera from the first decade of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile depicts the hardship of the people in a poor community. They have had their water cut off, forcing them to go some distance to collect buckets of water for domestic and personal needs. It is a reminder that the poor were much oppressed. In spite of this, the community is pulling together and boys are helping the women fill their buckets. These characters seem to be able to cope with the difficult circumstance and act so as to solve the problem. |
| Owner: | Conflict Textiles collection |
| Location: | c/o Ana Zlatkes, Conflict Textiles ambassador in Argentina |
| Original / Replica: | Original |
| Photographer: | Martin Melaugh |
| Provenance: | Donation from Kinderhilfe arpillera collection, Chile/Bonn (2009). (HM0724) |
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