Redbone - Colored China Rags

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A set of 15 unique handmade ceramic pieces. Each piece has been folded and curved to give the appearance of a cloth rag and is made of bone china with pigment inserted directly into the clay. The colors, never repeated, range from hues of beiges, yellows, pinks, red, browns, greys, and black to resemble skin tones, and are presented in a horizontal tonal graduation. Some of the darker pieces have intentional sections of thick or missing pigment on the surface.

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