Poncho
Argentina ,
June 1953
МЗСБ КП 4857
85 х 144 cm
fabric, fringe, weaving, embroidery
A gift from the delegation of Argentinean doctors who visited Stalingrad in June 1953. A peculiar coat made of two pieces of hand-made wool fabric sewed together with a head hole left. The neckline is decorated with embroidery in the centre of the front part as well as in the back. On the right and on the left the poncho is covered with decorative vertical brown stripes. The sides and the flaps have a fringe trim. The traditional outer garment of Aymara men, Mapuche and Quechua people, etc. is now worn by farmers and craftsmen of Latin America.
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Cup. A gift from Czechoslovak writers and journalists to the heroic Stalingrad
Czechoslovakia ,
1947 September
Cup. A gift from Czechoslovak writers and journalists to the heroic Stalingrad
An engraved dedicatory inscription “Hrdinnému Stalingradu / Čs. spisovatelé a novináři / záři 1947” (To the Heroic Stalingrad from the Czechoslovakian writers and journalists, September 1947) enframed with laurel branches; on the bottom there is the finesse stamp “875” and the manufacturer’s seal.
Fragment of a tile found at the atomic explosion site in Hiroshima
Japan ,
August, 1964
Fragment of a tile found at the atomic explosion site in Hiroshima
Fragment of a tile found at the atomic explosion site in Hiroshima. A gift from the delegation of Hiroshima branch of the Japan-USSR Friendship Society that visited Volgograd in August 1964.
