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

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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 See all items with this value
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; 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; 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

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0044/DSC_2209.JPG; TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0044/DSC_2222.JPG; TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0044/DSC_2230.JPG; TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0044/DSC_2238.JPG