- Collection:
- Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012
- Title:
- Untitled (shrine figure)
- Creator:
- Barra, Pierrot
- Date of Original:
- 1985/1995
- Subject:
- Folk art--Haiti
Folk artists--Haiti
Sculpture--Haiti
Altars
Vodou--Haiti
Visionaries--Haiti
Baby dolls--Haiti
Dolls--Haiti
Talismans--Haiti
Human figure in art
Alexander, Judith--Art collections - People:
- Alexander, Judith
- Location:
- Haiti, 19.07582, -72.29616
- Medium:
- mixed media
found objects - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Sculpture by Pierrot Barra.
Pierrot Barra gathered discarded toys and dolls after Christmas and recycled them into repositories of the Iwa (Vodou spirits). His inspiration came directly from these spirits, and his work was a way of serving them. According to Barra, the dolls were difficult to work with because they were always changing their minds, and evolving from one spirit to another. Sometimes two or more spirits would fight it out during the creation of a sculpture. He called his sculptures "little altars."
Gift of Judith Alexander to the Tubman African American Museum. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tbmn_sftm_tm04132011-203
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sftm/do:tm04132011-203
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact the Tubman African American Museum re: reproduction and usage. The information contained in this resource may not be re-purposed, reproduced, quoted without proper citation, or offered for sale in any form without the express written permission of the Tubman African American Museum.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 sculpture : mixed media ; 87 x 59 x 33 cm.
- Holding Institution:
- Tubman African-American Museum
- Rights:
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