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1998.9.14.3

Circular crocheted doily with star and shell design in cream coloured wool, used on tables or over the backs of chairs [RTS 17/2/2005].

1998.9.14.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Circular crocheted doily with star and shell design in cream coloured wool, used on tables or over the backs of chairs [RTS 17/2/2005].
Long description
Circular doily crocheted from a pale cream-coloured wool (Pantone 461C), and consisting of a central hole with a tightly crocheted 6-pointed star pattern around it, then 6 looser scallop shell motifs set into the spaces between each point, leaving a roughly semicircular gap at their base and creating a scalloped outside edge. The object is complete, and generally well made. The colour has not faded, but there is a small area of one edge with a faint reddish ochre coloured stain. It has a weight of 28.4 grams, and a diameter of 300 by 297 mm; the central star measures 250 mm across its maximum length, while the central hole has a diameter of 13 mm [RTS 17/2/2005].
Cultural groups
Acholi
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1997
Date collected
1997
Acquisition information
Purchased: 19/01/1998
Materials and processes
Material Wool Textile Animal, Process Crocheted
Dimensions
Diameter: max 300 mm, Length: max 250 mm central star, Weight 28.4 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1998.9.14.3 Other numbers: Kaiser no. 15 Other numbers: PRM invoice item 14 (see RDF)
Research and responses

This object is one of a collection made by Tania Kaiser, a D.Phil. student of Linacre College, during her fieldwork in the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement. She conducted fieldwork in the camp from October 1996 to March 1997, and between June and November 1997. The population of the camp had originally come from Parajok in the Torit district of Southern Sudan, and was a mix of Acholi from that area and previously displaced Sudanese refugees (For details of her work, see: T. Kaiser, 1999, Living in Limbo: Insecurity and the Settlement of Sudanese Refugees in Northern Uganda (Unpublished PhD); T. Kaiser, "Making Do and Making Beautiful: Recycling in an African Refugee Settlement", in: J. Coote, C. Morton and J. Nicholson (eds), Transformations, the Art of Recyclying, 44-47; T. Kaiser, 2000, UNHCR's Withdrawal from Kiryandongo: Anatomy of a Handover, New Issues in Refugee Research Working Paper No. 32, 1, 3) [RTS 18/7/2005].

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