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Barbed Wire from the Iron Curtain, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1990
Wire, barbed
Barbed Wire from the Iron Curtain, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1990
Barbed Wire from the Iron Curtain, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1990
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Wire, barbed

Object number2018.093.0005
Date1990
Mediummetal
DimensionsOther: 5.75 × 5 in. (14.6 × 12.7 cm)
DescriptionA piece of the Iron Curtain. Two lengths of hard wire woven together and formed into a circular shape. Smaller pieces of wire are wrapped around it several times and are evenly spaced throughout. The ends of the smaller pieces have been left out in order to pierce. This piece of the Curtain was taken near Castle Devín on the Danube River, very near Bratislava.
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