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Original Title
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title unknown
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Devised Title
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Shrine Maquette
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Date
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c. 1970
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Description
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Like his other sculptures, Vital's maquette highlights hybridism, animal forms, and sexuality. Overall, the sculpture's form resembles a person sitting on a throne. On both sides of the top, a reptile creature sits above the shape of an open eye or breast. Towards the bottom, a phallic form is decorated with swirls, while a single claw-like structure supports the sculpture. The sculpture makes use of negative space in multiple sections.
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Additional Subject
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Afrocentrism
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Black art
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Sculpture
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Wildlife
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Educators
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Faculty
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Type
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Sculpture
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Medium
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Terracotta
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Measurements
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5 in x 13 in x 9 in
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Format
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JPEG
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OBJ
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HBCU Identifier
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tc117
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.TSU.0078
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Rights
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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.
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Contributing Institution
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Texas Southern University