decoration (household miscellany)

Ceiling decoration, composed of two wire hoops covered with red and green wool, which is wound around it in a spiral. The two hoops are joined by lengths of thread, on which are strung dried peas. Each hoop is also ornamented with six wool pompoms of different colours, with more pompoms hanging from the threads in the centre. There are 16 pompoms in total. Poland.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2016.113
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 500 mm x 400 mm x 380 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
metal; wire; wool; seed; thread
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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