LOT [09271672]

Seller: Criminal Gainz Auction House

ORIGIN: West Africa. Pre-incorporation. Pre-valuation.

THE DATE:

09/27/1672.

They finalized the charter. Royal African Company. Exclusive rights to human cargo. The first corporate merger with your bloodstream.

She was sitting before the stock ticker started moving flesh.

THE PIECE:

African Tribal Lady Figurine. Acrylic. Multicolor. Seated.

• Main: 13x18cm. Flat enough to slip through cracks. Thick enough to cast shadow.

• Base: 8x13cm. Grounded. Unmoved. Unmovable.

THE ANGLE:

They gave her a lot number because that's what they do. Catalog. Classify. Convert to currency.

But numbers expire.

She doesn't.

She sat through the charter. She sat through the auction. She sat through every attempt to make her a product.

She's still seated.

THE ASK:

Put her somewhere you'll see every day. Your desk. Your shelf. Your peripheral.

Let her watch you work. Let her watch you build. Let her watch you exist in spaces they said you wouldn't.

09/27/1672 was the day they organized the trade.

This is the day you remember who was trading who.

LOT CLOSES: When the story ends.