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Artworks
Scars, 2021
Appliqué textile84 x 60 in.
213.4 x 152.4 cmSoldFurther images
Many contemporary Victorian descriptions and some drawings of Sarah Forbes Bonetta focused on the scarification of her face. Each subsequent generation has interpreted the scars. Captain Forbes implied that they...Many contemporary Victorian descriptions and some drawings of Sarah Forbes Bonetta focused on the scarification of her face. Each subsequent generation has interpreted the scars. Captain Forbes implied that they were symbols of the child’s royal status. Others understood them to speak to her tribal origin. The scars themselves on a child of that age become another part of the cipher that is read into the narratives of her life.Provenance
Private Collection, NYC2of 2
