%C2%A9 Cy Thao
#2, 1993-2001
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Oil on canvasexpand_more
Gift of funds from anonymous donorsexpand_more 2010.55.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
Artist commentary: Two brothers were working in the field. An old man appeared and told the brothers that a great flood was going to come. Because the older brother treated the old man unkindly, he instructed the older brother to build a metal drum while telling the younger one to build a wooden drum. When the flood came the younger brother and his sister got into the wooden drum. The older brother in the metal drum was lost in the flood, but the wooden drum floated for days until the earth dried. Because the brother and sister were the last two humans on earth they agreed to marry each other. Out of incest they gave birth to a big pumpkin. The brother cut the pumpkin into pieces and each piece turned into a human being. These beings became all the clans of the Hmong family.
Details
- Title
- #2
- Artist Life
- American (born Laos), 1972
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2010.55.2
- Curator Approved
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