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- Original Title
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- Date
- 1996
- Creator
- John T. Biggers
- Description
- This Biggers print shows a head surrounded by animals and a checkerboard. Checkerboards and swirls are common motifs in Biggers' work, which he called "sacred geometry." The pictured animals are symbolic; for instance, tortoises represent longevity, rabbits represent bad omens.
- Primary Subject
- 1900-1999 See all items with this value
- Art See all items with this value
- Folklore See all items with this value
- HBCU leadership See all items with this value
- Additional Subject
- Afrocentrism
- Black art
- Educators
- Faculty
- Religious symbols in art
- Wildlife
- Type
- Medium
- Additional Techniques
- lithography
- Measurements
- 29 1/2 in x 24 in
- Format
- JPEG
- HBCU Identifier
- pc164
- HCAC Identifier
- HCAC.TSU.0050
- Contributing Institution
- Texas Southern University
- Collection
- Permanent Collection
- Item sets
- TSU Prints
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