Spotlight Tour: Contained, with Priya Allen ’27

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Harvard Art Museums

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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 事件 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.

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Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Neighborhood 9

Dates and Times

星期六, 四月 12 2下午 – 2:50下午

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.”

星期六, 四月 12 2下午 – 2:50下午

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Last updated 四月 7, 2025.

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