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Jar of Pigment - Opaque Blue, circa 1996
Reg. No: SH 970019
- Summary:
- Jar of opaque blue pigment used by artist Martha Ash, circa 1996. Martha Ash was born in Poland in 1920 and lost all her family in the Holocaust. She came to Australia in 1949 where she studied ceramics, sculpture silver smithing, enamelling and glass mosaic. This pigment was used in the enamelling process. Martha Ash died in September 1996.
- Description:
- Moccona glass coffee jar with label removed half filled with pale blue powder pigment.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from (Estate of) Martha Ash, 1997
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 11.00 cm (Height), 6.50 cm (Width) |
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| Tagged with: | artworks, cultural identity, crafts, jewish communities, jewish customs, jewish immigration, religions judaism, handcrafts, polish communities, polish immigration |
| Themes this item is part of: | Martha Ash, Polish Migrant & Artist, circa 1950s, Immigration & Artistic Practice Collection, Cultural Diversity Collection, Migration Collection |
| Primary Classification: | CULTURAL IDENTITY |
| Secondary Classification: | Ethnicity - Creative Practice |
| Tertiary Classification: | ceramics |
| User: | Mrs Martha Ash, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1996 |
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