<I>The Ogun Sisters</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2012
name: label: Created by
content: Willie Cole, American, born 1955
label: Printed by
content: Curlee Raven Holton, American, born 1951
notes: label: Description
content: A mixed media print depicting a mirror image of two female figures wearing African masks and maids’ uniforms, standing at an ironing board and pressing textiles. This central image is surrounded by various symbols for iron. Each maid figure has a pendant at their chest with the atomic structure of the element iron. Above the figures' heads in black ink is a Haitian sign for Ogun, a Yoruba deity of iron. At bottom center is a large, black and red diagram for the atomic structure of the element iron. It consists of four concentric black rings with red dots arranged at intervals along the rings. In the center is text that reads "26 protons/ 30 neutrons." The print has a brown border with a repeated iron-shaped motif formed by white dots resembling the steam vents on an iron. Along the bottom edge, handwritten in graphite, is the edition [13/55] at left, the title [The Ogun Sisters] at center, and the artist’s signature [2012 Will Cole] at right.
place: label: Place printed
content: Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Spirituality
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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 Curlee Raven Holton of Raven Fine Art Editions
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.73.5
objectType: label: Type
content: screen prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Willie Cole
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink and mixed media on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 29 15/16 × 22 3/16 in. (76.1 × 56.4 cm)