Self-portrait with Turtle

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Original Title: Self-portrait
Devised Title: Self-portrait with Turtle
Date: Unknown
Creator: Unknown See all items with this value
Description: This unknown student’s bust was created during their time as an art student at TSU. Under the instruction of Professor Carroll Harris Simms, artists would create self-portraits embellished with decorations like spirals and accentuated crown pieces, like in this sculpture, which features a tortoise, a common symbol of longevity. These busts are inspired by Nok terracotta sculptures and Ife busts, which Simms saw during his travels to Western Africa.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; HBCU student work See all items with this value; HBCU institutional history See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Afrocentrism; Black art; Sculpture; Wildlife
Type: Sculpture
Medium: Terracotta
Measurements: 9 in x 11 in x 7 1/2 in
Format: JPEG; OBJ
HBCU Identifier: tc141
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0201
Rights: All rights held by the University Museum at Texas Southern. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact University Museum, Texas Southern University umuseum@gmail.com Attn: Museum Director. Materials not created by Texas Southern University may still be under copyright. Additional materials may be presented for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law.
Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Permanent Collection See all items with this value
References: Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. "Nok Terracottas (500 B.C.–200 A.D.)." Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1 October, 2000. https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/nok-terracottas-500-b-c-200-a-d.; Apley, Alice. "Ife Terracottas (1000–1400 A.D.)." Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1 October, 2001. https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/ife-terracottas-1000-1400-a-d.

Item sets: Art; TSU Student Terracottas Collection; Texas Southern University Collections