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        Original Title                
 
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                                Great Mother Figure
                                                            
 
            
    
        
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        Devised Title                
 
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                                Great Mother Figure Maquette
                                                            
 
            
    
        
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        Date                
 
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                                Unknown
                                                            
 
            
    
    
        
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        Description                
 
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                                Taylor's maquette shows a mother tightly embracing one or two children. The theme of the mother and child was a recurring motif amongst the students of Professor Carroll Harris Simms, the ceramics instructor at TSU. Simms worked alongside Dr. Biggers to build TSU's art program. 
                                                            
 
            
    
    
        
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        Additional Subject                
 
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                                Afrocentrism
                                                            
 
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                                Motherhood
                                                            
 
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                                Sculpture
                                                            
 
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                                Black art
                                                            
 
            
    
        
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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 4 7/8 in x 4 5/8 in
                                                            
 
            
    
        
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        Format                
 
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                                JPEG
                                                            
 
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                                OBJ
                                                            
 
            
    
        
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        HBCU Identifier                
 
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                                tc97
                                                            
 
            
    
        
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        HCAC Identifier                
 
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                                HCAC.TSU.0002
                                                            
 
            
    
        
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        Rights                
 
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                                All rights held by the University Museum at Texas Southern. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact University Museum, Texas Southern University umuseum@gmail.com Attn: Museum Director. Materials not created by Texas Southern University may still be under copyright. Additional materials may be presented for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law.
                                                            
 
            
    
        
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        Contributing Institution                
 
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                                Texas Southern University
                                                            
 
            
    
    
        
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