Spotlight Tour: Contained, with Priya Allen ’27

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  • Harvard Art Museums
  • Free

    In this photomontage, a smiling young woman gestures toward a jug that appears to float. Printed in black on the jug’s surface is a Black man gesturing toward his chained wrist and the words “AM NOT I A MAN AND A BROTHER.”

    Priya Allen will explore the design and politics of historical drinking vessels and containers.

    No application or registration needed.

    Cost

    This الحدث is free!

    Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the tour. Tours are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

    الموضع

    • In-person only.

    Harvard Art Museums
    32 Quincy
    Cambridge, MA 02138
    الولايات المتحدة

    Neighborhood
  • Neighborhood 9

    Dates and Times

    السبت, أبريل 12 2مساء – 2:50مساء

    Additional information

    On this tour, Priya Allen ’27 will explore the design and politics of historical drinking vessels and containers. The stops on the tour are a Persian jug from the 9th–10th century; a British abolition jug (c. 1810–20); and a samovar designed by Marianne Brandt in the Bauhaus metal workshop in Germany in 1925.

    Free

    In this photomontage, a smiling young woman gestures toward a jug that appears to float. Printed in black on the jug’s surface is a Black man gesturing toward his chained wrist and the words “AM NOT I A MAN AND A BROTHER.”

    السبت, أبريل 12 2مساء – 2:50مساء

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    Last updated أبريل 7, 2025.