Items

• Green Ceramic Vessel with White Glazed Lip

  This small ceramic vessel created by Simms has a green hue, with a brown base and white-glazed lip and interior. Simms believed pottery to be an equally important artistic pursuit to sculpture, and was encouraged to hear pottery was held in the same regard in West Africa.
• Brown Ceramic Plate with White Bubbling Glaze

  This large, brown ceramic plate created by Simms features multiple textures, including a bubbling glaze covering the most of the top of the piece. Simms' decorative artworks remain in high demand by collectors.
• Small Red Ceramic Plate with White Bubbling Glaze

  This small ceramic plate created by Simms is made from a red clay with a white, bubbling glaze. It has slightly raised, curved edges. Simms' decorative artworks remain in high demand by collectors.
• Oblong Red Ceramic Plate

  This large, oblong ceramic plate created by Simms has a red glaze. This piece is among those that Professor Simms chose to feature in the 1976 book he co-authored with Dr. Biggers and John Edward Weems, Black Art in Houston: The Texas Southern Experience.
• Brown Ceramic Plate

  This large ceramic plate created by Simms features multiple textures, including a bubbling glaze covering the most of the top of the piece. Simms' decorative artworks remain in high demand by collectors.
• Dan Mask

  The face mask is from the Dan ethnic group which shares the Cote d'Ivoirian and Liberian border and is spiritually charged. The mask has simple facial features with slits for eyes and protruding lips and has many purposes like being worn by dancers, athletes, and warriors.