The Last Supper

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

A digital three-dimensional (3-D) model of a 1982 sculpture by Akili Ron Anderson entitled The Last Supper. There are a total of fourteen (14) individual digital files comprising four renditions of the model: master, render, web, and dense point cloud. The sculpture is a bas-relief wall mural composed of "Structolite" plaster, lumber and plywood on a metal mesh armature. The sculpture depicts the scene of the Last Supper featuring a Black Messiah figure seated at the center of a round table, flanked by six (6) disciples to his left and six (6) disciples to his right. The table and figures are depicted in brown and bronze tones against a dark blue background. The hands of Christ are on top of the table, holding the elements of the Eucharist: a chalice of wine in his proper right hand and bread in his proper left. There is a halo effect in the plaster around his head.

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