Name/Title
Needlework PictureEntry/Object ID
2008.020.001Description
Framed and glazed needlework picture depicting the head-and-shoulders of a female indigenous child.
Worked on ivory silk [?] petit point canvas, in petit point stitch, using one or two strands of mercerized embroidery floss.
Child is looking out at viewer. Her black hair is drawn back on either side of her forehead and held in place with a pink barrette each side. Her mouth is slightly open, as if to speak.
Background has not been stitched.
Inner frame is gold with very fine lines of red undercoating showing through. Main frame is concave moulding, painted ivory and distressed with fine dark gold lines. Back finished with corrugated cardboard with penciled notations: 59483-1 [framer's notation ?] and "Feb 26/61//Feb. 26/62"Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Poulson, JoanneNotes
Accession Date: 20-Jan-08
Mode of Acquisition: giftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
NeedleworkNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
needlework pictureCreate Date
November 16, 2022Update Date
August 6, 2026