Commemorative Cloth Quilt, Political
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Apr 2002
label: Collection Date
content: 1994 to 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Lucille Chaveas
label: Donor Name
content: Ambassador Peter Chaveas
notes: label: Notes
content: QUILT MADE OF COMMEMORATIVE CLOTH AND RED, BLACK, BLUE, AND GREEN SOLID COLORED FABRIC. COMMEMORATES UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT (UDF), ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY (AFORD), AND MALAWI CONGRESS PARTY, THE 3 LARGEST PARTIES IN MALAWI. CLOTH IS FACTORY WOVEN AND FACTORY PRINTED. QUILT IS HAND SEWN. FABRIC IS SAME AS E430414 AND E430415 WITH CORNER SQUARES SHOWING THE ROOSTER MASCOT OF CONGRESS PARTY. CENTER PANEL IS BLUE WITH PORTRAIT OF A MAN. BACKING FABRIC IS MADE OF SOLID RED, GREEN, AND BLACK FABRICS WITH RED APPLIQUE SUN. QUILT IS TIED WITH YARN. ARTIST SIGNATURE AND "1995" EMBROIDERED ON BACK. MADE BY GLADYS MOJOO, OF THE ZOMBA QUILT PROJECT, A WOMEN'S COOPERATIVE. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR PHOTO OF ARTIST WITH QUILT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Oct 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Malawi, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2023994
label: USNM Number
content: E430413-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Quilt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 212 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 188 cm