Summary

Alternative Name(s): Rug.

Hall runner woven by Aphroditi Selingouna Pandazi when she was 16 years old in her village of Kalohori, in Lariss in Greece in 1952. It is comprised of four textile threads and took her 40 days to weave each thread. The whole rug was completed in six months using an old, heavy, wooden hand loom that had belonged to her sister Sultana which are now rare to find.

She began at 5am each morning and finished at night. Each day she completed 50cm lengths made of pure white lambs wool. The natural dye colouring was carried out with the assistance of her mother Frangitsa and her older sister Sultana. The overall work and responsibility was Aphroditi's.

Physical Description

Long narrow woven hall runner with red border and fringing at each end. The rug has a repeating geometric pattern in red and tan on a green background.

Significance

This collection documents the maintenance and transportation of cultural traditions, as well as the dowry tradition shared by women from many cultural groups in Australia. Many women migrating to Australia to marry brought their dowries, which consisted of textiles made in their country of origin.

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