Story Cloth Item Number: 3063/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Embroidered cloth depicting scenes of civilian experience during a war. The piece is a small square of blue cotton cloth with bright, detailed embroidery of three situations depicted in horizontal strips across the fabric. The top strip shows a group of people attempting to escape from two soldiers. A man and woman in traditional garb with bags on their backs run away from two soldiers dressed in green and carrying guns. A woman lies dead between the two parties, her living child beneath her crying. One solider grasps another child by the ankles and bangs his head against a rock, drawing blood. In the central strip, four people attempt escape down a river that has been embroidered in white thread. In the bottom scene, a soldier in green stands with a paper and pen in front of a line of civilians, each with a backpack, some weeping. Every scene is surrounded by flowers and greenery.
Narrative
Thought to have been made by a Hmong refugee in Thailand, sometime after 1980.
Item History
- Made in Thailand ? between 1980 and 1990
- Owned by Dwight Koss before April 28, 2014
- Received from Dwight Koss (Donor) on April 28, 2014
What
- Name
- Story Cloth
- Identification Number
- 3063/1
- Type of Item
- cloth
- Material
- cotton fibre and wool fibre ?
- Overall
- height 26.5 cm, width 27.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Hmong
- Previous Owner
- Dwight Koss
- Received from
- Dwight Koss (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Thailand ?
When
- Creation Date
- between 1980 and 1990
- Ownership Date
- before April 28, 2014
- Acquisition Date
- on April 28, 2014
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3063/0001