Shelter

Description

Cotton mud dyed textile, wire woven and stitched vessel entitled 'Shelter': North America, USA, Vermont, Brattleboro, by artist Jackie Abrams, 2014

Museum reference

V.2018.17

Collection

Americas

Object name

Vessel

Production information

Abrams, Jackie, 2014 - 2018 (fl.)
Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA, North America

Date

2014

Materials

Cotton, Wire, Waxed cotton

Physical description

An open topped vessel formed of a woven wire frame with hand woven mud dyed geometric patterned cotton cloth produced in Mali, west Africa, stitched to the copper and white metal framework in a number of different sized sections, some in reverse, with waxed cotton thread.

Exhibitions

• Artistic Legacies (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
world cultures, artistic legacies