Supernova Study No. 04

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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 mixed media work titled, “Supernova Study No. 04,” by Tanekeya Word. The relief print depicts the elaborate, Fulani-inspired, futuristic, protective hairstyle of a woman with her back to the viewer. Pictured from the neck up, the back of the woman's head features a large cutout that overlays a field with orange, black, white, and gradient gray vertical stripes on the left, and a large, bright comet in a black field on the right. Her hair is parted in the center of her scalp and woven into the center of the hair part is a double, five-pointed, star-shaped pattern. At the center of the star is a star-shaped cutout featuring a silver, holographic, vinyl decal. The woman’s loose ends have been gathered up and styled into two large, round, spoked wheel shapes on either side of her head.

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