A team of weavers (all dressed in blue) are working on an upright loom to create three individual, but identical, rugs depicting people at a workshop in Gafsa, Tunisia.

Collection type: Photograph
Description: A team of weavers (all dressed in blue) are working on an upright loom to create three individual, but identical, rugs depicting people at a workshop in Gafsa, Tunisia.
Geographical reference: Tunisia
Africa > Northern Africa > Tunisia; Gafsa Governorate; Gafsa
Person: Photographer Edward Shearman Ross; PRM source Sandra Miller Ross
Date / Period: Date of photograph: 04/05/1981
Acquisition information: Donated: 14/12/2018
Photographic process: Transparency Kodachrome
Dimensions: Image dimension 35 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2018.313.2829

Search terms: Dwelling, Textile, Trade, Industry

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