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1. Identification of Fabrics
(Working with clothes)
... made of silk, mostly used for underwear. Damask is a reversible figured fabric; the pattern of it being formed by the contrast of binding systems. By extension it may be produced with two distinct binding ...
2. Folk Culture and Costume at the Folk Museum in Barbados
(Telling stories with clothes)
... workers “expressing themselves” or masquerading at the end of a long season. Masquerading was an old African tradition, where individuals paraded in masks and costumes through the villages to bring good ...
3. Dangerous Costume
(Working with clothes)
... heavy metals in paints, dyes, finishing treatments   Protection from dust: dust masks Keep work areas and storage areas as clean as possible. When examining dusty and/or deteriorated textiles ...
4. Anna Maria, the Queen’s Midget
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... Maria was a midget, and when she died at age 15, a wax figure was made from her death mask and clothed in her best garments. The 26-inch tall figure was exhibited in the Royal Kunstkammer less than two ...
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