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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.13
People
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
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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

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