Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Acculturation

Artist Steve Bandoma

Date2011

Made/manufacturedDemocratic Republic of Congo

MediumCollage and watercolor on paper

Dimensions29 1/2 x 41 5/16 in. (75 x 105 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, funds provided by the David A. Cofrin Acquisition Endowment

Object number2012.61.2

Collections

CONTEMPORARY

DescriptionImage of Kongo power figure (nkisi) with one eye, collaged, rendered in watercolor, with paper cut out women's hands from fashion magazines and holding nails emanating from the body of the figure, nails, and a collaged paper cut out of TV color test bar in center of abdomen; pencil inscription on the bottom says 'Acculturation.."