<I>Woman with ceramic headdress from TSU (study)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2024
name: label: Created by
content: Robert Pruitt, American, born 1975
label: Subject of
content: Texas Southern University, American, founded 1927
notes: label: Description
content: A charcoal and pastel drawing by Robert Pruitt. The drawing depicts a woman wearing a cape made of chicken feathers in a deep red hue and a black headdress inspired by a ceramic sculpture by Calvin Hubbard (“Shrine,” 1966). The headdress encircles her neck and chin, from which four broad, rectilinear bars arise to create a V-shaped enclosure around the woman’s face. At the center of the sculpture headdress’s flat top, is a small turtle figure. Underneath the cape, the woman wears dark grey leggings and a green shirt. She is turning her head to look out over her proper left shoulder. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2025.10
objectType: label: Type
content: drawings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Robert Pruitt
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Charcoal, Conté, and pastel on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 18 × 12 in. (45.7 × 30.5 cm)