A one-sided headscarf. The top and bottom parts end with a selvage, while the sides are not finished and the following words are printed along the edges: “Movimento Brasileiro dos Partidários da Paz Congresso dos Povos pela Paz – Viena 1952”. At the top of the headscarf there is a white Dove of Peace painted against the background of blue mountains. The Dove has a red ribbon in its beak saying, “Congresso dos Povos pela Paz – Viena, 1952” (The Brazilian movement of the Supporters of Peace. The Congress of the Supporters of Peace – Vienna, 1952)
“Scarf of Peace”
See also
Album “Angola: Labor and Struggle” (Angola: Trabalho e luta)
Angola ,
24.03.1987
Album “Angola: Labor and Struggle” (Angola: Trabalho e luta)
Edições DIP / Berger-Levrault-Paris, 1985. A gift from the Angolan military servicemen - students of V.I. Lenin Military-Political Academy, France, Murt and Moselle Department, Nancy
Hand fan. A gift from a participant in the World Congress of Mothers in Lausanne
Japan ,
August, 1955
Hand fan. A gift from a participant in the World Congress of Mothers in Lausanne
Hand fan. A gift from a participant in the World Congress of Mothers in Lausanne who visited Stalingrad in August 1955. The Japanese fan is used not so much to create a cooling airflow but as an element in traditional ceremonies, dances and as a marker of social status.
Double-sided napkin. . A gift from women of the English-Soviet Committee of Dover
The United Kingdom ,
23.05.1944
Double-sided napkin. . A gift from women of the English-Soviet Committee of Dover
A double-sided linen napkin. On one side there is an inscription in English that reads: “People with people, lands with lands will live freely together as comrades”. On the other side the inscription reads: “A token of friendship from Dover, the English front-city, to Stalingrad, the bastion of freedom and peace”. All the corners of the napkin are decorated with the USSR and the UK flags embroidered in circles. It is a crochet border napkin. Kent county, Dover