Chazen Museum of Art Lecture
The Odyssey of an Image: Circus Snake Charmer Becomes African Water Goddess
- Date May 1
- Time 4:30-5:45 p.m.
- LocationL140 Chazen Museum of Art
- DescriptionHenry Drewal, Evjue-Bascom Professor of art history and professor of Afro-American Studies, traces the history of a famous circus snake charmer from Hamburg, Germany, in the 1880s. Her popular image traveled through Europe and America and then to Africa where by 1900 it became a major icon for the water divinity called Mami Wata.
- Web sitehttp://www.chazen.wisc.edu
- Contact263-2246, nmustapich@chazen.wisc.edu
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