Abstract Maquette Created by a TSU Student for Ceramics Class with Professor Carroll Harris Simms
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Original Title
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title unknown
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Devised Title
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Abstract Maquette Created by a TSU Student for Ceramics Class with Professor Carroll Harris Simms
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Date
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unknown
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Creator
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unknown Texas Southern art student
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Description
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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.
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Primary Subject
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1900-1999
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Art
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HBCU student work
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HBCU institutional history
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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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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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7 3/4 in x 9 in x 7 in
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Format
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JPEG
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HBCU Identifier
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tc135
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.TSU.0044
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Contributing Institution
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Texas Southern University
