Origami Crane with Butterflies and Flowers
date: label: Date
content: late 20th-early 21st Century
name: label: Artist
content: Ira Blount
notes: label: Caption
content: This origami crane features hues of blue accented with purple, white, green, black, and gold. Artist Ira Blount (1918-2020) leaves a legacy for generations to come in donating it to the Anacostia Community Museum. The crane, adorned with small flowers and butterflies, realizes the Japanese maxim “a crane lives one thousand years.” Colorfully, it carries Blount’s message about the healing power of craft into the future.
label: Caption
content: After moving to Washington, DC following World War II, Ira Blount mastered dozens of artisanal crafts. His love for crafting, learning, and community engagement would endure over the course of his long life and career.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
content: Gift of Ira Blount
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2011.0004.0083
objectType: label: Type
content: origami
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: origami paper, folded
label: Dimensions
content: 4 1/8 × 3 9/16 × 2 3/16 in. (10.4 × 9 × 5.5 cm)