Artifact Catalog
Asprin Pills
Asprin Bottle
Hear from Dr. Rebecca Graff on some of the artifacts collected from the Mecca.
“All about are the cold places,all about are the pushmen and jeopardy, theft—
all about are the stormers and scramblers but
what must our Season be, which starts form Fear?
Live and go out.
Define and
Medicate the whirlwind.”
The Second Sermon on the Warpland For Walter Bradford, Gwendolyn Brooks
Bennington Marble
“Aunt Dill
has bits of brass and marble, and Franciscan
China; has crocheted doilies; has old mahogany,
polished till it burns with a smothered glow; has
antimacassars, spreads, silk draperies,
her silver creamer and her iron lamp,
her piece of porcelain, her seventeen
Really Nice handkerchiefs pressed in cedar.”
Lines 767-775, In the Mecca, Gwendolyn Brooks
Glass Marbles
Hear from Dr. Rebecca Graff on some of the artifacts collected from the Mecca.
Bottle
Marble, Ceramic Shard, and Pipe Stem
Hear from Dr. Rebecca Graff on some of the artifacts collected from the Mecca.
“There is no need to visit in Blue Island.Prophet will give you trading stamps and kisses,
or a cigar.
One visit will convince you.
Lucky days
And Lucky Hands.”
Lines 589-595, In the Mecca, Gwendolyn Brooks