Detail View: Artists' Book Collection: Inheritance
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Title:
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Inheritance
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Creator:
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Banks, Alisa C. (Alisa Christophe)
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Description:
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The walnut portable desk box contains a "blotting paper" (quilted, embroidered square of cloth), an "ink well" (jar with custom blended aromatic hair pomade), an "inkpen" (with a tuft of hair for the nib), and a volume (unpaged ; 9 x 14 cm), drum-leaf bound and covered with crocheted synthetic hair, with lines of poetic text mounted on the handmade paper and illustrated with ink brush work. The ink is "ancestor ink," sourced from site-specific ingredients with ancestral associations. Edition limited to 8 numbered (and 2 AP) copies signed by the artist. Artist's statement laid in: "Inheritance is a celebration and fusion of the tenacity of a culture to document history using non-literary methods. Inheritance speaks to "hair day," a custom prevalent in many Black households in the US and throughout Africa and the diaspora, from ancient days to present, where the act of hair grooming is also an opportunity to share history, stories, and traditions."
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Subject:
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African Americans in art
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Subject:
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African diaspora
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Subject:
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Artists, Black
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Subject:
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Genealogy
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Subject:
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Hair
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Subject:
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Hair -- Care and hygiene
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Subject:
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Oral tradition
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Subject:
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Poetry
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Subject:
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Ritual
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Subject:
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Women artists
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Date:
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2022
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Language:
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English
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Type:
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Still Image
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Extent:
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1 artist book (1 volume and 3 objects in box) : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 x 10 cm
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Format/Medium:
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Artists' books
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Format/Medium:
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Boxes (containers)
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Format/Medium:
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Crochet (needlework)
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Format/Medium:
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Drum leaf bindings
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Format/Medium:
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Hair (animal components)
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Format/Medium:
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Handmade paper
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Format/Medium:
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Ink
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Format/Medium:
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Scented books
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Format/Medium:
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Wood
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Source:
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Inheritance, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
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Relation:
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Catalog record: https://library.scad.edu/record=b1949273
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Rights:
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Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Identifier:
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b1949273x
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Identifier:
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i13950666
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SCAD Location:
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Jen Library (Savannah)
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