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Sling Bag

Claire Zeisler

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Artist
Claire Zeisler
Date
1960s-70s
Medium
Jute, hemp, and wool; plain crochet
Materials
jute, hemp, wool (textile)
Dimensions
54.3 × 23.1 cm (21 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Credit
Nicole Williams Contemporary Textile Fund

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Work Box

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Plastic box containing metal needles of various sizes; ball-head pins; sewing needle; ball head knitting needles; wire thread guides; cotton floss wrapped wooden dowels; knitting needle with glass beads, jute balls wrapped in cotton in simple loop stitch; knitting needle with jute ball wrapped in cotton in simple loop stitches and wrapped with cotton floss; bast fiber coils ("slinky") sample fragments; bast fiber coil ("slinky") sample fragment wrapped in wool; cluster of cotton coils

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Claire Zeisler, Sling Bag, 1960s-70s, Jute, hemp, and wool; plain crochet, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

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