Abstract Maquette Created by a TSU Student for Ceramics Class with Professor Carroll Harris Simms

Original Title

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Devised Title

Abstract Maquette Created by a TSU Student for Ceramics Class with Professor Carroll Harris Simms

Date

unknown

Creator

unknown Texas Southern art student

Description

This is an abstract work featuring adornments like swirls, eyes, and pyramids. Professor Carroll Harris Simms' terracotta tradition was inspired by the shrine sculptures of the Nok and Ife peoples of West Africa. In diasporic contexts, the sculptures' significance evolves.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

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HBCU student work See all items with this value

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Additional Subject

Afrocentrism

Black art

Sculpture

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Terracotta

Measurements

7 3/4 in x 9 in x 7 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

tc135

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0044

Contributing Institution

Texas Southern University