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Vagina Dentata Sculpture
Sculpture, Clay on Other
Size: 8 W x 13 H x 13 D in
About The Artwork
Vagina Dentata [Latin for 'Toothed vagina'] represents the classic symbol of men's fear of sex, expressing the unconscious belief that a woman may eat or castrate her partner during intercourse. This piece was created with the specific intent of looking like an artifact from an ancient civilization. It is specifically based on the Polynesian and Maori legends of Maui and Hina/Hinenuitepo. Polynesians said the savior-god Maui tried to find eternal life by crawling into the mouth [or vagina] of his mother Hina, in effect trying to return to the womb of the Creatress; but she bit him in two and killed him. The Maori version of this myth tells the story of Maui, who enters Hinenuitepo through her toothed vagina to try and pluck her heart, in an attempt to make mankind immortal. He fails and becomes the first man to die.
Details & Dimensions
Sculpture:Clay on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:8 W x 13 H x 13 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Xcathedra is an autodidactic verbal and visual artist whose work has sold in the US and Internationally. She works in various media, including but not limited to the following art forms: Photography, Painting, Assemblage, Sculpture/3-D, Mixed Media, Spoken Word, Poetry, Polatype and Emulsion Transfer, Journal Making, Mask Making and Casting, Monotype, Xerographic Lithography, Relief Printmaking, Thermal Transfer Process, One of a Kind Furniture Reconstruction, Film, Music and T-Shirt/Messenger Bag/One of a Kind Clothing Reconstruction and Design.She tends to work within the Raw art, Outsider art, Art brut, Naive art, Dark art, Visionary art, Folk art, and Altered art genres.
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