Summary
Small clear plastic jar of red pigment. 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.
Physical Description
Small clear plastic jar with screw on white plastic lid filled with a small amount of red pigment and lid tied around with a piece of brown pantyhose. Lid is marked with colour label.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from (Estate of) Martha Ash, 03 Feb 1997
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User
Mrs Martha Ash, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1996
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Inscriptions
Handwritten: ORANGE.
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overall dimensions
2.5 cm (Width), 7 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Artworks, Crafts, Cultural Identity, Handcrafts, Jewish Communities, Jewish Customs, Jewish Immigration, Polish Communities, Polish Immigration, Religions: Judaism
