Embroidery made in a Red Cross hospital in Africa
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This panel showing six separate scenes, joined together to form a bigger picture, depicts the daily activities of a small village in Africa. Reputedly made through therapeutic workshops in a Red Cross hospital in Africa, it is evidence of ‘art therapy’: a way of using art and creativity to inspire well-being and health among patients.
Though its origin has been lost to us, the simplicity of the embroidery shows a humble life in this village, an image that can still be observed in many parts of the continent.
Audio recording by Jose Maria Rodriguez Alcantara (Volunteer), Edinburgh.
Though its origin has been lost to us, the simplicity of the embroidery shows a humble life in this village, an image that can still be observed in many parts of the continent.
Audio recording by Jose Maria Rodriguez Alcantara (Volunteer), Edinburgh.
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2816/1
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British Red Cross Society. Suffolk Branch. Woodbridge Centre
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