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1989

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1990

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Textile, Tin Can Telephone Conversation

This is a Textile. It was designed by Dawn Zero Erickson and made by Dawn Zero Erickson. It is dated 1989 and we acquired it in 1990. Its medium is cotton and its technique is screen printed on plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 373 x 116.5 cm (12 ft. 2 7/8 in. x 45 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

along right selvedge: "Dawn Zero Erickson (copyright sign) 1989"

Cite this object as

Textile, Tin Can Telephone Conversation; Designed by Dawn Zero Erickson (1958); USA; cotton; Warp x Weft: 373 x 116.5 cm (12 ft. 2 7/8 in. x 45 7/8 in.); 1990-136-1

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