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Lisa Lichtenfels

Clara
2004 Fabric Sculpture
13.5” x 12” x 9”


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Aboriginal women don't usually give out their real names, as the name accesses the spirit, and harm can come to the woman whose name is known and used. When missionaries started passing out European names, the women accepted them gladly, because it meant they could then talk to each other on a more familiar basis. Clara was herself bereft of her tribe, which had come upon hard times, and she was taken in by neighbors, though on a much lower status than she was used to. Here she sits on a memorial stone of her own people, and remembers better years.