Warning to Men Who Threaten the Family, Flocks or Garden

Media: FloridaAM/HCAC.FAMU.0009.001.JPEG; FloridaAM/HCAC.FAMU.0009.003.JPEG

Original Title: Warning to men
Devised Title: Warning to Men Who Threaten the Family, Flocks or Garden
Date: 1920--1940
Creator: Lobi Artisans See all items with this value
Contributor: Nana Araba Apt
Description: Entrusted to Florida A&M because of the university’s studies in agriculture, this spirit is a mound of body parts that appears to display the grim consequence of trespassing. Three severed heads with gruesome expressions are conjoined together – attached only by naked bone and brain matter.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Agriculture See all items with this value; Spirituality See all items with this value; Religion See all items with this value
Location: Tallahassee; Leon County; Florida; United States of America
Type: Sculpture
Medium: Wood
Additional Techniques: Sculpting
Measurements: L:56cm x W:24cm
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: AR_0001_03_0007
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.FAMU.0009
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Contributing Institution: Florida A&M University
Collection: Nana Apt Field Spirits Collection and Marian Sylvia Horowitz Collection See all items with this value
Language: English
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Item sets: Florida A&M University Collections