Wall hanging, Mapula Embroidery Project, Winterveldt, Gauteng, South Africa

Item Overview

Title

Wall hanging, Mapula Embroidery Project, Winterveldt, Gauteng, South Africa

Creator

Mmoneg, Emily

Date Created

2000

Date

2000

Place of Origin

Tzaneen, South Africa

Language

English

Collection

Africa Collections
South African Embroideries

Program

International Digital Ephemera Project

Notes

Summary

In February 2000, the tropical Cyclone Eline destroyed infrastructure, disrupted electricity and water supplies, and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless in Mozambique. The South African Air Force flew aid to people trapped by floods.

Description

Archived Exhibit Web Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20161129050353/http://www.fowler.ucla.edu/exhibitions/bearing-witness-embroidery-history-post-apartheid-south-africa/

Physical Description

Extent

1 embroidery; 4 pages

Dimensions

88.9 x 55.88 cm

Medium

cotton thread on cotton

Keywords

Genre

embroidery

Subject Geographic

South Africa

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Floods--Mozambique--Maputo
Mapula Embroidery Project