Violencia y Esperanza en Colombia

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

One (1) cotton quilt tapestry, Violencia y Esperanza en Colombia (Violence and Hope in Colombia), crafted by Mujeres Tejedoras de Mampuján (The Weavers of Mampuján), circa 2006 to 2008. The tapestry is vertically oriented and has a lavender cotton border around a white cotton background. It is constructed of colorful pieces of cloth shaped and sewn together in a storytelling display. At the top is the title [VIOLENCIA / EN COLOMBIA Y ESPERANZA] with “Violencia” appearing in green camouflage cloth and the rest in peach, yellow, blue, red, pink, and bright green. Several violent scenes are depicted centering around a blue, curving river that flows from top to bottom along the right side of the tapestry. Just below the title and at the mouth of the source of the river are three small houses or huts that have been set on fire with cloth strips of red, white, yellow, and black flames.

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