Madre del Mundo, (sculpture)
Object Details
- sculptor
- Gomez, Marsha
- Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nevada survey, 1995.
- Summary
- Three figures placed within an octagonal temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet. In the southwest corner of the temple stands a black fiberglass statue of Sekhmet upon a throne, her hands resting on her legs. On each side of Sekhmet is a stone tablet which lists the goddess's attributes. In the opposite corner sits a statue of a cross-legged mother of the earth holding a globe on her lap. A smaller, red version of the mother sits in the center of the temple surrounded by stones and even smaller statuettes.
- 1992
- Control number
- IAS NV000104
- Type
- Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
- Sculptures
- Medium
- Black fiberglass, cast cement, and stone
- Owner/Location
- Administered by Western Shoshone Tribe Cactus Springs Nevada
- Located West side of Highway 95 Cactus Springs Nevada
- Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
- Topic
- Mythology--Egyptian
- Allegory--Life--Womanhood
- Allegory--Life--Creation
- Figure group--Female
- Figure female--Full length
- Object--Other--Globe
- Record ID
- siris_ari_320976
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
