Fields and Village on the Nile (tapestry)

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Ownership/credit: Purchased with support from the Art Fund, MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Ramses Wissa Wassef Exhibition Trust, the Friends of RAMM and Dr. Jenny Balfour-Paul.

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Ownership/credit: Purchased with support from the Art Fund, MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Ramses Wissa Wassef Exhibition Trust, the Friends of RAMM and Dr. Jenny Balfour-Paul.

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Ownership/credit: Purchased with support from the Art Fund, MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Ramses Wissa Wassef Exhibition Trust, the Friends of RAMM and Dr. Jenny Balfour-Paul.

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Descriptions

Traditional woven tapestry which depicts daily village life upon the banks of the river Nile. Scenes like this are changing due to the rapid growth of a modern Cairo. Mahrous Abdou is an artist-weaver who created this tapestry, and learnt how to weave as a young boy.

This object is not on display.