An Offering #5

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This mixed media compilation is comprised of a painted work (a) above and a quilted work (b) suspended below. The quilted work is attached to the painted panel via a strip of Velcro along the panel's bottom margin. The painted panel depicts a human figure on a gold background. The figure, shown from the hips up, wears a sleeved white garment that is wrapped closed across her breast. The figure has a red cloth wrapped around her body just under the bust. There is a round black circle directly behind her head. Two blue butterflies flutter near the figure, one by the figure's right shoulder, the other by the top of the individual’s head. The quilted work depicts the shadow cast by the human figure. The shadow is a rough silhouette that is positioned directly opposite and upside-down from the human figure in the painting.

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