<I>Middle Passage Scale Model</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2007
name: label: Created by
content: Barbara Chase-Riboud, American and French, born 1939
notes: label: Description
content: This is a maquette for a memorial to the eleven million victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade that the artist hopes to have erected in Washington, D.C. Formed in bronze in the shape of the letter 'H' this sculpture consists of two tall obelisks connected by a coiled spool of chain. The chain is partially unwound to create a puddle of chain on the ground. The sides of the pillars have abstract sculpted and carved forms on them.
place: label: Place made
content: Rome, Italy, Europe
label: Cultural Place
content: West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Middle Passage
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Trans Atlantic slave trade
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Barbara Chase-Riboud
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.9
objectType: label: Type
content: maquettes
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Barbara Chase-Riboud
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: bronze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 x 6 3/4 x 3 in. (27.9 x 17.1 x 7.6 cm)