Draw work tea towel

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White linen tea towel with draw work by Antonia A. Rocha of Topeka. Born in Mexico, her family later immigrated to Kansas where her father worked for the railroads. She learned draw work from her mother when she was a child, and she practiced her craft on her siblings' diapers. Rocha was a Master Artist of Mexican Draw Work for the Kansas Folk Art Apprentice Program co-sponsored by Kansas Historical Society and the Kansas Arts Commission.

Creator: Rocha, Antonia A.
Date: between 1995 and 2000

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Item Number: 319709
KSHS Identifier: 2015.43.3

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