Created by
Stout, Renée, American, born 1958
Date
1990
Medium
mixed media : horn , cloth , bone , husk , twine , pigment , latex paint , shell
Dimensions
11 × 14 × 3 1/2 in. (27.9 × 35.6 × 8.9 cm)
Description
This mixed media sculpture consists of an animal horn featuring twine wrapped around the wide end with colorful and iridescent rectangular shell beads hanging from the twine. The wide end of the horn is covered by cloth. The cloth is held in place by the twine. Hanging from the twine are six beaded strings consisting of brown, blue, red, and yellow glass beads and long, larger carved bone beads and skulls that culminate in a large ball made from corn husks, covered with a black paint and green powder pigment. The artist has signed the object in white "RENEE / STOUT 1990" as well as an artist's mark consisting of an "R" inside a square with a small "S" between the legs of the "R."
Place made
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Visual Arts
Type
sculptures
mixed media
Topic
Africa
African diaspora
Art
Local and regional
Religion
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Larry and Evelyn Kamanitz
Object number
2011.142
Restrictions & Rights
© Renée Stout
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5468a0cdf-c97f-4c5b-8056-b642aab618fa

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