Abduction from a taxi
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Date1980
Place madeSantiago area, Chile, South America
MediumCotton, synthetic fabric and yarn, wool
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (36.8 x 46 cm)
ClassificationsTextile, Decorative
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Sallie Wagner, FA.1980.68.3
Object numberFA.1980.68.3
DescriptionImage shows a street with several houses and women standing in front of the homes behind a fence. On the street is a white car with people inside, and threel blindfolded people have been removed from the carand are being marched to a nearby white house with a red roof, identified as "casa de secuestro" a house where prisoners are sequestered, questioned and sometimes tortured before being moved to centers or prison.Over the heads of the people on the street are the words "el rapto del colectivo." See notes.On View
On view
2017
