Supernova Study No. 07

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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. 07,” 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 color image of a yellow, green, pink, and red nebula. Her hair is parteddown the center of her scalp to the nape and arranged into rows of braids or twists. Woven into the center of the part is a double, five-pointed, star-shaped pattern. At the center of the star is a star-shaped cutout featuring the reddish center of the nebula with eight flashing stars of varying sizes. 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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