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Moynihan, Claire

Bug balls.

2015

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Bug balls, England, 2015, Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk.
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  • Creator

    Moynihan, Claire

  • Title(s)

    Bug balls.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Title on back of case: Bug ball collection

  • Published/Created

    England, 2015.

  • Physical Description

    24 bug balls ; in display case 30 x 41 x 7 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Flat C 2022 3
    Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Full YALE Library Record

    https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/99126690163408651

  • Classification

    Three-Dimensional Artifacts

  • Notes

    "Bug ball collection, 2015. Bespoke hand embroidery, 100% wool from the finest Morden Hall Alpacas. Claire Moynihan, [artist's signature], Made in England, ©Claire Moynihan Bug Balls, 2010."--Printed label on underside of the case.
    The balls are pinned within a case made by Watkins & Doncaster, the wooden exterior with stained in mahogany. The case includes a lift-off glazed lid, with brass catches and a wall hanging brass plate.
    Title (Bug balls) from hand written label on front of case.
    Collection of 24 hand-embroidered alpaca wool "bug balls" in a glass-fronted display case, by Claire Moynihan. Each specimen consists of an embroidered multi-colored insect atop a felt ball of varying neutral colors. The balls are neatly arranged within the case, in the manner of entomological collections, in four rows of six. Small hand-written labels provide the common name and Latin name of each insect. A unique copy (in this assemblage).

  • Subject Terms

    Entomology. |
    Insects -- Collection and preservation. |
    Insects -- Pictorial works.

  • Form/Genre

    Embroidery.

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[Row 1] Asparagus beetle, Crioceris asparagi -- Honey bee, Apis mellifera -- Colorado beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata -- Brown lipped banded snail, Cepaea nemoralis -- Mint leaf beetle, Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis -- Pale clouded yellow caterpillar, Colias hyale -- [Row 2] Common wasp, Vespula vulgaris -- Greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum -- Firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus -- Greenbottle, Lucilia caesar -- True bed-bug, Cimex lectularius -- Bumble bee, Bombus lucorum -- [Row 3] Rose chafer, Cetonia aurata -- Lily beetle, Lilioceris lilii -- Black ant, Lasius niger -- Striped millipede, Ommatoiulus sabulosus -- Magpie moth, Abraxus grossulariatus -- Common furniture beetle, Anobium punctatum -- [Row 4] Oak weevil, Curculio venosus -- Green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea -- Banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens -- Frit-fly, Oscinella frit -- Swallowtail caterpillar, Papilio machaon -- Lousy watchman, Geotrupes stercorarius.

A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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