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Description

Very brightly coloured poncho, heavily embroidered with acrylic yarn and cotton embroidery thread, mainly purple and pink, with numerous other colours, on off-white cotton backing. Main design is a stretched oval running from the front edge to back edge around neck, embroidered mainly in acrylic yarn in an abstract star-like design. The negative spaces outside the circle are embroidered with smaller floral designs, a person and two birds. Poncho has a red and blue cotton collar added, with various types of lace and metallic gold ribbon sewn onto it. Sides are stitched except for small slits for arms.

Narrative

Poncho bought in Vancouver, but made by a Guatemalan refugee living in a camp in Chiapas, Mexico, c. 1983. Poncho has a tag that says "Guatemalan Refugee Handicraft, Revenues from the sale of this product will be used to expand support for the production and marketing of products from the refugee camps." The tag was printed by a trading company in Vancouver, B.C.

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