Shrine #2 Maquette Created by Harry Vital for Ceramics Class with Professor Carroll Harris Simms
Item
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Original Title
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title unknown
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Devised Title
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Shrine #2 Maquette Created by Harry Vital for Ceramics Class with Professor Carroll Harris Simms
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Date
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1972
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Creator
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Harry Vital
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Description
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Vital's maquette appears to portray an intersex human-chicken hybrid, which displays both male and female sex organs. The artist adorned the sculpture with swirl embellishments, a common motif in TSU terracottas. Vital would go on to make a full-scale version of this sculpture.
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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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Domestic animals
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LGBTQ
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Nature
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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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4 in x 8 in x 6 in
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Format
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JPEG
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HBCU Identifier
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tc114
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.TSU.0058
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Contributing Institution
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Texas Southern University
