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Sculptor:
Hernandez, T. Paul 1953-  Search this
Medium:
Ferro cement
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Place:
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Date:
Cast 1988
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1995.
Summary:
A Louisiana tomb "broken" and warped. The front of the tomb has pillars on either side of the vault door. In various places on the tomb, there are molded crawfish heads. Crawfish and okra protrude from one "crack.". There is a cross on the roof of the tomb, and an obelisk of okra emerging from a hole in the roof.
Topic:
Architecture--Monument--Tomb  Search this
Animal--Fish--Crawfish  Search this
Object--Vegetable--Okra  Search this
Emblem--Cross  Search this
Abstract  Search this
Control number:
IAS LA000379
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_333310