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Thousand Tounges
Bessie Harvey
Photographed by Gavin Ashworth
Thousand Tongues
Thousand Tounges
Bessie Harvey
Photographed by Gavin Ashworth
Thousand Tounges Bessie Harvey Photographed by Gavin Ashworth
Record Details

Thousand Tongues

Artist ((1929–1994))
Datec. 1986
Place/RegionAlcoa, Tennessee, United States
MediumPaint on wood, shells, wooden beads, nails
Dimensions59 x 34 x 30 "
Credit LineBlanchard-Hill Collection, gift of M. Anne Hill and Edward V. Blanchard, Jr.
Accession number1998.10.25
CopyrightCopyright for this work is under review.
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