Rosary, My Mother's Hair

Artist Fatima Talal Abu Rumi (Palestinian, born 1977)

Date2013

MediumStone beads, hair, and gold thread

DimensionsOverall: 13 inches (33.02 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist

Object number2013.45

On View

Not on view

Collections

South and Southeast Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionThe sculpture is created in the form of a rosary or strand of prayer beads, which are commonly used throughout the Islamic world for personal prayer and ritual. The object consists of a strand of 37 small stone beads. The stones are dark orange-ish red in color, and are likely either carnelian or sard, two semi-precious stones commonly used for rosaries and jewelry in the Middle East. The strand terminates with a lock of wavy, dark brown hair, tied with gold-wrapped thread. The hair is attributed by the artist as being a lock of her mother’s hair.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Unexpected Encounters, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, June 2–August 12, 2018, no cat.

Provenance

Fatima Talal Abu Rumi (b. 1977), Tamra, Israel, 2013;

Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.

Published References

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