DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Grandmother with soldiers
NameWall Hanging
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Date1980
Place madeSantiago, Chile, South America
MediumCotton, wool, acrylic, jute burlap
DimensionsOverall: 14 15/16 x 17 5/16 in. (38 x 44 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Sallie Wagner, FA.1980.68.4v
Object numberFA.1980.68.4V
DescriptionImage has a pinkish ground with a wide diagonal cream colored band representing a road along the lower half. Above the road are two blue houses and two trees. Two green clad figures (soldiers) are in front of the larger house, and one in front of the smaller house, along with two other figures. In front of the larger house, in the road, is a woman with white hair, with a small figure lying at her feet. In the road are a blue truck, a small brown car and a larger green and white truck. Soldiers stand near the larger truck and the car, and between them is a man with raised arms. Explaination on a paper attached to back. In a pocket on the back of the piece there is a note which reads, "a la abuelita le lleban a su marido los caradineros [sic]." 
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