Sphinx

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Original Title: title unknown
Devised Title: Sphinx
Date: Unknown
Creator: Unknown See all items with this value
Description: This sculpture’s form resembles a sphinx, with its humanlike face and animal body parts. The body is covered in ornamental embellishments, especially spirals. These decorations are a key characteristic of the terracotta sculptures created by the students of Professor Carroll Harris Simms, with spirals as a key motif.
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
Type: Sculpture
Medium: Terracotta
Measurements: 30 in x 18 in x 20 in
Format: OBJ
HBCU Identifier: tc23
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0258
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Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Permanent Collection See all items with this value

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