COLLECTION
Connecticut Bosnian Community Textile Arts Collection
Identifier
NFAI.O.00053910
Alternate Title
Connecticut Sewing Circle Project (Alternative Title)
Date
2007 - 2017 (Bulk dates)
Summary
The collection comprises materials generated and collected by Lynne Williamson, Director of the CT Cultural Heritage Arts Program, during fieldwork and program activities with members of the Bosnian community in the Hartford CT area beginning in 2007 and continuing to the present. Included are digital images and video recorded by Williamson, biographical and other manuscripts and flyers created for grant applications and programming, and a small number of woven, knitted, and crocheted art works.
Extent 4 (cilimi - carpets)
10 (knit and crocheted art works)
Language
English (Languages)
Other Subject Headings
Rug weaving (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Weaving (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Bosnian art (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Bosnians - United States (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Geographic Coverage
Hartford Connecticut (Geonames)
