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 April 25, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/sciencemeetsart/items/show/93.