Big Mother

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Title

Big Mother

Description

Humanized primate sculpture holding human infant; according to the artist, "the work was inspired by the story of a baboon whose infant died while she was nursing and who then abducted a human child as a substitute." (see relation for source)

Creator

Piccinini, Patricia

Date

2005

Format

Silicone, fibreglass, polyurethane, leather, human hair (175cm high)

Collection

Citation

Piccinini, Patricia, “Big Mother,” Science Meets Art, accessed December 26, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/sciencemeetsart/items/show/93.

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