14. Skein

14. Skein

Date: 2016

Dimensions: 5in x 5in x 8in

Medium: Comprised of over 80,000 hairs from unknown African American woman

Description: The number of hairs in the piece approximates the number of individuals who were forcibly migrated as chattel slaves at the height of Transatlantic Slave Trade in one year. It captures the essence of known and unknown lives through the physicality of DNA