Mother and Bird Terracotta

Original Title

title unknown

Devised Title

Mother and Bird Terracotta

Date

c. 1964

Creator

Linda Windle See all items with this value

Description

Windle’s terracotta portrays a figure embracing a bird in its arms. The exterior of the sculpture is smooth and lacking any of the decorative motifs typically featured on Texas Southern students’ terracottas. The embrace reflects the compassion of a mother and her child, while also displaying interspecies grace and kindness through the act of picking up this bird.

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

Motherhood

Sculpture

Wildlife

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Terracotta

Measurements

11 in x 26 in x 10 in

Format

JPEG

OBJ

HBCU Identifier

tc127

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0209

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.