2020.13: 'Pojagi' (Decorative fabric in which to wrap a parcel)
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2020.13
- People
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Kim Hyŏn-hŭi (also spelled Kim Hyun-hee), Korean (born 1946)
- Title
- 'Pojagi' (Decorative fabric in which to wrap a parcel)
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- ca. 1999 - 2000
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
- Culture
- Korean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/77915
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Hand woven and sewn; silk damask, vegetable dyes
- Dimensions
- H. 54 x W. 54 cm (21 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Lea R. Sneider, New York, (by 2003)], sold; to Robert D. Mowry, Brookline, MA (2003-2020), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Robert D. Mowry
- Accession Year
- 2020
- Object Number
- 2020.13
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Stitched fabric; cut pieces of hand-woven, vegetable-dyed silk damask in various colors sewn togther to form a fiber-art composition; attached by the artist to a silk backing
Verification Level
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