DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada
Podruchnik / Russian Old Believer Prayer Cloth
NameRussian Old Believer Prayer Cloth (Podruchnik)
Maker
Feodora Seledkova
CultureStaroveri (Russian Old Believer)
Date1970s
Place madeWoodburn, Oregon, United States, North America
Mediumpolyester velvet and velour, polyester batting, cotton, plastic button
Dimensions10 × 10 in. (25.4001 × 25.4001 cm)
Credit LineGift of Suzi Jones
Object numberA.2023.12.2
Collections
Provenancedonor purchased textiles directly from the artists in Marion County, Oregon in the 1970s
DescriptionVelour/velvet small pillow to rest the head during prayer. Inside pinwheel design alternating purple and pink colors. Border alternated light and dark pink colors.
Akulina Ovchinikov
1970s
ca. 1978
