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Five embroidered appliques adhered to long, horizontally rectangular paper. The centre applique is a pearl surrounded by wavy black lines. Below it are two small appliques, oval with a tail piece at bottom. Facing these appliques from the left and right are two large blue and light brown dragons, mouths open, claws extended. Colours are blue, light brown, black, brown, green and dark yellow.
Long thin rectangular hanging of rust coloured silk, with embroidery and couching on lower portion. The embroidery is a scene with a boy on a dragon and a girl on a phoenix, as well as flowers, plants, waves, and buildings. Colours used are white, gold, green, blue, light green, light blue, yellow and purple, with gold thread couching in some areas. On the rear bottom left corner is a printed inscription in Chinese characters, and a piece of tape(?) with printed Chinese characters.
Silver-coloured metal pin with a straight, tapering shaft. A semi-circular protrusion on one side at the neck contains a hole, through which a ribbon or chain could be threaded in order to prevent loss. The finial of the pin is oval-shaped with scalloped edges, and it is incised with a pattern of small circles and lines. Eleven small holes encircle the finial of the pin. There is a stone or piece of glass(?) set on either side of the pin's finial. On one side, there is a rectangular piece of green stone or glass. On the other side, there is an oval piece of dark blue stone or glass.
Undyed coarsely woven cotton fabric with embroidered neck panel, shoulders, bottom, and seam edges. There is a design of an abstracted bird, a symbol, and geometric imagery on the neck panel, the shoulders, and along the bottom of the garment. Most seams of the blouse have been sewn with a criss-cross pattern of red and brown. The edges of the sleeves have a red edge on the front and a brown edge on the back. The edge along the bottom of the blouse has been sewn with a criss-cross pattern of red and black. On the front of the blouse, under the left sleeve, is a wavy line of purple embroidery.
Undyed and coarsely woven cotton fabric with embroidered neck panel, shoulders, bottom, and seam edges. There is a depiction of an abstracted dog figures, a symbol, and a geometric pattern along the bottom of the blouse. There are two rectangles outlined in red-orange on either side of the neck with four vertical stripes of coloured embroidery. The colour scheme within the left rectangle reads as follows, from left-to-right: dark purple, green, light purple-pink, and yellow. The colour scheme within the right rectangle reads as follows, from left-to-right: light purple-pink, green, dark purple, yellow, and light purple-pink. There is a zigzag pattern in green and light purple-pink on the shoulders. There is also a thin vertical line of dark purple towards the ends of the sleeves. Two short horizontal rows of green and red-orange embroidery have been applied to the centre of the blouse, below the neck opening.
Children's drawing on legal size off-white paper. The top half of the composition contains two pink and orange houses. There is a multicoloured object in the middle of the composition that may represent a body of water. There are undulating lines and human figures within this multicoloured object. The bottom half of the composition contains two human figures shooting guns at smaller human figures. Each figure is shooting a group of three smaller figures. Between the two figures with guns is a blue and green human figure holding an orange baby or doll.
Laminated children's drawing consisting of a piece of beige legal paper mounted on a piece of blue construction paper. There is a rectangular piece of white paper on the back carrying the inscription "The soldiers came and killed our families in El Salvador". On the front, an inscription in orange and green crayon reads "martes 1 Febroro de 1983" at the top of the page. To the lower left of this inscription is another in blue ink which reads "Marina Otero 4 - anos". Across from this inscription is a large drawing of a green flower. Below this is a scene containing an orange and yellow church with a pink cross and two doorways. There is a human figure in each doorway, and a large yellow flower on each side of the church. A beige helicopter and beige female figure have been drawn on the right side of the church. A purple path leads away to the lower left of the church, and there is a purple human figure lying in the middle of the path. The bottom third of the drawing contains a plane, a large flowering plant, a female figure, and a rectangle with two vegetables inside of it. A narrow strip of word-processed text has been taped to the front, at the bottom of the page, and it reads the same as the inscription on the back "The soldiers came and killed our families in El Salvador".
Laminated children's drawing consisting of a piece of beige legal paper mounted on a piece of blue construction paper. There is a rectangular piece of white paper on the back carrying an inscription in Spanish "Cuando mataron a mi familia los soldados Hondurenos y los Salvadorenos desde entonces mi sufrimientos por ser guerfano. Por eso denuncio a los demas pueblos del mundo. Que se sola risen con nosotros los refujia dos Salvadorenos. Mi nombre es Carlos". On the front, a blue undulating band crosses the page horizontally, representing a river. The rest of the composition consists of small green hills and human figures in brown and turquoise. There are four brown figures below the river. There are two brown figures and four turquoise figures above the river. All of the turquoise figures are carrying guns and likely represent soldiers. At the top of the composition, an inscription in pink ink reads "masacre en el rio lempa del Salvador en el ano 1981 - cuando mat". A narrow strip of word-processed text has been taped to the front, at the bottom of the page, and it reads "My father was killed by the Honduran and Salvadorean soldiers, that"s [sic] why I am suffering because I am an orphan now. So I call for people of the world to bring solidarity to us the Salvadorean refugees - My name is Carlos". This is a translation of the ink inscription on white paper that has been affixed to the back of the blue paper.
Laminated children's drawing consisting of a piece of beige legal paper mounted on a piece of blue construction paper. The reverse contains an inscription on white paper which has also been mounted to the blue paper and laminated. This inscription reads "muy contentos trabajabamos en el salvador antes ahora se nos toca andar huyendo y estamos refugiados". The top of the image contains a multicoloured house with a plant or flower on top of it. A blue-purple path leads away from the house, to the right, and a human figure is on this path near the house. Below the house is a green and red helicopter. A human figure, a blue and green flower, and two animals have been drawn in the middle of the composition. The bottom contains six green and blue plants. The words "Inocetem Lia" have been written in the upper right, and a narrow strip of word-processed text that has been taped to the front, at the bottom of the page, reads "We used to work in El Salvador before. Now we have to go running away and we are refugees."
Laminated children's drawing consisting of a piece of beige legal paper mounted on a piece of blue construction paper. The top of the composition contains two covered structures, one is pink with a black roof and the other is yellow and green with a brown and blue roof. Below these structures is a scene involving a female figure in a blue dress feeding four yellow hens. One of the hens is much larger than the others. Below this scene, an inscription in black ink reads "Cuando mi madre cuidaba sas gallinas en el Salvador poreso lo Recuerdo - mi nombre es Alejandrina Reyes mi edades Banos - mi direcsion es Campumento #6 mesa grande". An English translation of this inscription has been word processed and taped to the bottom of the laminated paper. The translation reads "When my mother used to take care of the hends in El Salvador. That is what I remember. My name is Alyandrina Reyes. My age is 13 years and my address Camp 6 Mesa Grande."