Orto Botanico

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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 sculpture in the form of a house, composed of clear, frosted, and painted glass panels, with an image of Bessie Coleman and several objects in the interior. The sculpture has a house structure with a pointed roof. The front piece of glass is partially frosted and has a small red rectangle with a black line painted on the bottom right side. The left side of the sculpture has frosted glass along the edges. The right side has a blue rectangle painted at the top, an orange triangle painted at the bottom, along with black and light blue lines painted on it. The back of the sculpture has partially frosted glass with a yellow rectangle painted in the middle. On the bottom middle of the back piece is a black and white photo of Bessie Coleman wearing a hat, scarf, and jacket.

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