Slave Ship: Who Family Suffered the Ills and the Threat of Slavery
Item
Title
Slave Ship: Who Family Suffered the Ills and the Threat of Slavery
Description
Eight pieces of wooden deck pillars, stained orange, stand erect and are lined in a row atop a long horizontal piece of scrap wood. The pillars, progressively decreasing in size, are given human form through the addition of square metal 'heads.' They are chained together to resemble an enslaved royal family--beginning with a king and queen, proceeding to princes, and finally being trailed by a baby. The sculpture is framed by larger protruding metal rods and chains that evoke a ship's sails. From the bow of the ship is affixed a small, tattered American flag.
Subject
Assemblages (sculpture) See all items with this value
Enslavement See all items with this value
Slave Trade See all items with this value
Creator
Minter, Joe
Language
English
Type
Assemblages (sculpture) See all items with this value