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School child with London bus
Description:
This London bus was donated to the nursery from my sons collection .(Words of Beaula McCalla.)
Beaula McCalla is an Afrikan-Caribbean Briton, who traced her blood relatives: the Bubi people, of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, Africa.This school is on Bioko Island.
Equatorial Guinea was a former Spanish colony.
Date: 2002
Copyright: Copyright Beaula McCalla
Chiefs stool.
Description:
Chiefs stool.Made by the Yoruba people, Nigeria.
Creator: Yoruba
Date: unknown
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Brass funerary figure
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Brass funerary figure.
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:Ea7825
Chinese porcelain teapot.
Description:
Chinese porcelain teapot, c1805-1825. The teapot has a design of a British ship on each side, flying the British flag – the Union Jack. The ship is said to be the slave ship Minerva, owned by Richard Champion of Bristol.
Date: c1805-1825
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:G505
Teapot
Description:
Teapot, C18.
Creator: BCC Museum
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:N5302
Chinese vase.
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Chinese vase.
Date: unknown
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:n2626
Quilt
Description:
Quilt made by quilters at The Golden Agers Club, Easton, Bristol. This quilt uses a traditional American design called Log Cabin . The quilt is made up of blocks (or squares) and each one has a red square in the centre which represents the fire found in traditional American log cabins. The block (or square) has one light side and one darker side, which represents the light from the fire coming into the room. Blocks are then placed together to make the overall quilt design. The quilter tries to select the correct tones so that the design can be seen
Creator: Golden Agers Club
Date: 2003
Copyright: Copyright Golden Agers Club
Quilt
Description:
Quilt made by quilters at The Golden Agers Club, Easton, Bristol. This quilt uses a traditional American design called Hovering Hawks. Hawks, or old turkey buzzards, are commonly seen in the skies in south western America. The quilt is made up of blocks (or squares) and each one has the hovering hawk shape inside it, which looks similar to the bird in flight.The blocks are then placed together at different angles to make the overall quilt design. The quilter tries to contrast tone and pattern so that the design can be seen.
Creator: Golden Agers Club
Date: 2003
Copyright: Copyright Golden Agers Club
Quilt
Description:
Quilt made by quilters by The Golden Agers Club, Easton, Bristol. This quilt uses an adaptation of a traditional American design called Rail Fence, which is named after wooden fencing. The quilt is made up of blocks (or squares) and each one has the Rail Fence design inside it. The blocks (or squares) are then placed together at different angles to make the overall quilt design.
Creator: Golden Agers Club
Date: 2002
Copyright: Copyright Golden Agers Club
Quilt
Description:
Quilt made by quilters at The Golden Agers Club, Easton, Bristol. This quilt uses an adaptation of a traditional American design called Windmill . The quilt is made up of blocks (or squares) and each one has large and small triangular shapes inside it, which look like the sails of a windmill. The blocks (or squares) are then placed together at different angles to make the overall quilt design.The quilter tries to contrast tone and pattern so that the design can be seen.
Creator: Golden Agers Club
Date: 1999
Copyright: Copyright Golden Agers Club
