VERA Platform_901 Barbados "" Landscape TEXT University of St Andrews VERA Platform "" "The Giant Land Snail, Megalobulimus oblongus. A species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Strophocheilidae. Native to a large part of the neotropical world including Argentina, Brazil, Columbia and Uruguay. They have spread however to various parts of the Caribbean including Jamaica, Martinique, Barbados and the Lesser Antilles and can live up to 14 years. Part of the collection of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society. The Barbados Museum and Historical Society (BMHS) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization with a membership of over 1,000 individuals and companies. The Barbados Museum and Historical Society is housed in historic buildings which were originally used as the military prison at St. Ann\u2019s Garrison." Movable Heritage "Karl Broodhagen (1909-2002)\r\nBarbara\r\n1955\r\nTerracotta bust\r\n\r\nKarl Broodhagen (1909\u20132002) was a Guyanese-Barbadian artist, working mostly in sculpture and paint. Originally arriving to the island to become a tailor\u2019s apprentice, he was awarded a British Council scholarship in 1952 and migrated to London during the Windrush era to study at Goldsmith\u2019s College in London. His experience there exposed him not only to European art, but to non-European cultures, particularly African Art. He returned to Barbados after his studies. \r\n\r\nHe is known for the creation of public statues in Barbados: The Emancipation Statue (officially titled \u201cSlave in Revolt\u201d) on the J.T.C Ramsay roundabout, of Grantley Adams at the Prime Minister offices, and of Garfield Sobers, at Kensington Oval. \r\n\r\nIn addition to these public works, Broodhagen created many portrait busts, citing an interest in the people of Barbados and a desire to decolonize Eurocentric beauty standards. This bust is an example of his fascination with the female figure, not only in physical forms but in the expressions of inner qualities of strength, reflective of so many Caribbean women. He once shared his aims with art critic Derek Bickerton, that he wished \u201cto replace the European standards of beauty still slavishly accepted in the West Indies by standards based on the local inhabitants themselves.\u201d As art writer and artist Chris Cozier states: \u201cBusts like those of social worker and philanthropist John Beckles or Dame Nita Barrow\u2026.were clearly about the power of the individual voice and the individual presence in the social space.\u201d His works have toured internationally and are included in UNESCO\u2019s collections, and he was awarded the Gold Crown Merit in 1982\r\n\r\nBroodhagen was also a passionate arts educator. In 1947 he established the art department at Combemere School, and on his return from the UK worked as a teacher there until 1996. \r\n\r\nSource: Art in Barbados: What Kind of Mirror Image? Authors: Alissandra Cummins, Allison Thompson, Nick Whittle. Published 1999." Movable Heritage "It was common for men to do weaving in West African countries. By means of heddle pulleys the weavers separate the warp threads into \u2018fans\u2019 by means of foot pedals. Then the weft threads are \u2018shot through\u2019 these \u2018fans\u2019. Thus, fabric is created. These heddle pulleys were often carved, and with this one, a face can be made out on one of the sides. Often the faces were of goddesses, so the weavers could look at beauty while they work. \r\n\r\nSources: Smithsonian National Museum of African Art\r\n" Movable Heritage "This anthropomorphic figurine possibly depicts a carving of a bound \u2018prisoner\u2019. The artifact is made of conch shell and was discovered at Fresh Water Bay in St. Michael on the island\u2019s West Coast." Movable Heritage "It was common for men to do weaving in West African countries. By means of heddle pulleys the weavers separate the warp threads into \u2018fans\u2019 by means of foot pedals. Then the weft threads are \u2018shot through\u2019 these \u2018fans\u2019. Thus, fabric is created. These heddle pulleys were often carved, and with this one, a face can be made out on one of the sides. Often the faces were of goddesses, so the weavers could look at beauty while they work. Baule peoples and their neighbors to the West, the Guro, are famous as weavers, and are known for their fine indigo-and-white cotton fabrics. Scholars have suggested that the prominent display of pulleys, hanging over the weaver\u2019s loom in the public place, afforded artists their best opportunity to showcase their carving skills, in the hope to attract commissions for figures and masks. This figurative pulley with carved a head demonstrates the efforts put by Baule and Guro artists into beautifying the simplest functional object.\r\n\r\nSources: Smithsonian National Museum of African Art\r\n" Movable Heritage "The Dan live mostly in the western part of the C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire and into Liberia. All Dan masks are sacred; they do not represent spirits of the wilderness, they are these spirits. Dan masks are characterized by a concave face, a protruding mouth, high-domed forehead and are often covered in a rich brown patina. There are a variety of Dan face masks, each of which has a different function. They may be the intermediaries, who acts between the village and the forest initiation camp, may act against bush fires during the dry season, used in pre-war ceremonies, for peace-making ceremonies, for entertainment. Over time, many among them have lost their original function and have been recycled into contexts related to entertainment, emerging only for festivals or events organized for visitors. \r\n\r\nSources: Zyama Tribal African Art\r\n" Movable Heritage "Scrapers made from a variety of materials were popular tools for Amerindian communities. Scrapers are typically formed by chipping the end of a flake of stone in order to create one sharp side and to keep the rest of the sides dull to facilitate grasping it. Most scrapers are either circle or blade-like in shape. The working edges of scrapers tend to be convex, and many have trimmed and dulled lateral edges to facilitate hafting. \r\n\r\nIn Barbados, as the island is made of limestone and not volcanic rock, scrapers were usually made of conch shell. So it is likely that this stone scraper originated from another Caribbean country. \r\n\r\nDigitized by Toni-Q Harris during the 2018 BMHS 3D Photogrammetry Summer Intensive\r\n" Movable Heritage "" Tour "" Tour "" Tour "" Tour 13.1610732 -59.5525834