Prayer Piece
Prayer Piece

© Deborah Bell

Prayer Piece
Prayer Piece

Currently not on view

Prayer Piece,

2000

Deborah Bell, born 1957 Johannesburg, South Africa; active Magaliesburg
2017-203

Information

Title
Prayer Piece
Dates

2000

Maker
Deborah Bell
Medium
Mixed media on paper
Dimensions
160 × 120 cm (63 × 47 1/4 in.) frame: 174 × 135.9 × 6.3 cm (68 1/2 × 53 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Princeton in Africa
Object Number
2017-203
Place Made

Africa, South Africa

Signatures
Signed and dated lower right: BELL 2000
Period
Southern African styles
Type
mixed media
Materials
paper (fiber product)
Techniques
mixed technique
Subject
figures (representations), offspring, mothers, rituals (events), bowls (vessels), symbolism, effigies

Ken Weg, Naples, Florida, gift; to Princeton in Africa, Princeton, New Jersey, gift; to Princeton University Art Museum, 2017.

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