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Query: Textile crafts
Elisofon, Eliot
1 Slide (col.)
EEPA.1973-001
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"Appliqué workers are Fon men and boys living in the city of Abomey who belong to a family guild that transmits patterns for design from one generation to the next. Bright colored designs depicting animals, objects and humans are cut of plain weave cotton and sewn to a cotton fabric background. They depict particular kings, chiefs and warriors and ...
Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Benin / Appliqué workers, in street, Abomey, Benin
Appliqué workers, in street, Abomey, Benin
Fon appliqué banner, on display, Abomey, Benin
Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Benin / Fon appliqué banner, on display, Abomey, Benin
Trude Guermonprez papers
Guermonprez, Trude, 1910-1976
AAA.guertrud
The papers of fiber artist and educator Trude Guermonprez measure 1.2 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to 1987 with the bulk of the material dating from 1932 to 1976. The collection includes biographical material, diaries, correspondence, printed material, artwork, and photographs.
0.3 Linear feet (Boxes 1, 11)
AAA.fiscarli
This series contains awards and certificates from the Indonesian National Crafts Council, Internationale Handwerksmesse Munchen, San Diego State University, State of California, and other organizations.
Arline M. Fisch papers / Awards and Certificates
1 Linear foot (Boxes 5-6)
Conference programs, notes, correspondence, itineraries, grant applications, membership lists, meeting minutes, budget and balance sheets, income statements, memos, and printed material document Fisch's membership in the American Craftsmen's Council (ACC), Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG), and World Crafts Council (WCC). Because Fisch wa...
Arline M. Fisch papers / Membership Records
Object-Textile, ornately patterned
NMAH.AC.0618.S04.08
Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.8: Negatives in cold storage arranged by subject / Negatives in cold storage arranged by subject / Object-Textile, ornately patterned
National Museum of American History. Division of Textiles
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Record Unit 472
For the most part, this record unit documents curatorial and staff activities of the Division of Textiles after the creation of the Museum of History and Technology in 1957; however, some records also date from the time the Division was a Section of the Division of Crafts and Industries in the United States National Museum. These records cons...
Hairdressing among Mangbetu people, Medje village, Congo (Democratic Republic)
The photograph depicts old woman doing traditional hairstyle on Mbombio, Chief Mogendo's principal wife. "The funnel-shaped coiffure which ended in an outward halo, originally symbolic of high social status, was considered exceptionally attractive, and took a lot of time to create. Of the ornaments that embellished the hairstyles of the Mangbetu, a...
Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EECL / Medje Village, Congo (Democratic Republic) / Hairdressing among Mangbetu people, Medje village, Congo (Democratic Republic)