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The Mother of Water of the São Francisco River
Dumont Family2006
Museu de Folclore Edison Carneiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mãe d'água is one of the names of the mermaid. Canvas embroidered by the Dumont family, originally from Pirapora (MG). The piece is a collective creation of D. Antônia and her children Angela, Marilu, Sávia, Marta and Demóstenes, the author of the embroidery.
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Details
- Title: The Mother of Water of the São Francisco River
- Creator: Dumont Family
- Date Created: 2006
- Location: Pirapora, MG
- Physical Dimensions: 24.8 x 27.7 in
- Medium: Embroidered canvas, made with fabric and thread
- Photo Credit: Francisco Moreira da Costa
- About Creator: "The hands that dye,/ that weave and/ embroider/ Candid, warm/ Are the hands of Antônia,/ Sávia and/ Martha,/ Marilu and Ângela/ Friends of the arts/ Woven the colors/ In the/ threads of speech". This is how the poet and researcher Carlos Rodrigues Brandão introduces the Dumont Family, artists in the art of embroidery in Minas Gerais. About Mrs. Antônia, the matriarch, her daughter Sávia, who is a pedagogue and lives in Brasília, says: "She has embroidered all her life. She embroidered her life, our life...".
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