Brown University

Enslaved Africans' Rain Garden (Yonkers, New York)

Description

Abstract:
Sola and Olumide are sculptures of two young children who embrace each other. On Olumide's back are bas-relief images of African masks, art that is indigenous to their homeland and was seen commercially in America until well after the third quarter of the 20th century.
Notes:
Enslaved Africans' Rain Garden (Yonkers, New York), Brown University Library
Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)

Access Conditions

Rights
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

Ater, Renée, "Enslaved Africans' Rain Garden (Yonkers, New York)" (2022). Sites of Slavery. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:pwvdtf7k/

Relations

Collection:

  • Sites of Slavery

    Sites of slavery are designated as historic places (including plantations, wharves, archaeological sites) where "slavery happened" and that commemorate enslaved Africans, their lives, and their labor. We include sites that act as memorials and often have sculpture, public art, or …

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