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Cotton, acylic, and thread Embroidered Textile

X2011.8.1 Embroidered textile

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Object Name: Embroidered textile

Artist: Elsie Maluleke, Mapula Embroidery Project

Place of Origin: Winterveldt, Gauteng, South Africa

Date/Era: 1990s

Dimensions: 88.8 x 126.9 cm

Medium/Materials: Cotton, acrylic, thread

Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of William H. Worger and Nancy L. Clark.

Accession Number: X2011.8.1

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Source: Marla C. Berns, World Arts, Local Lives: The Collections of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, 2014

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