Black, White with Little Orange

John L. Moore

1991

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Pencil drawing of a circle near the center of the paper with an oval to the left, with an edge just touching an edge of the circle. A second circle drawn in ink with a thicker line is just below the circle and oval.
Flag depicts man (representing "loa" Baron Samedi) wearing hat dressed in black and white, smoking a pipe, and holding a knife and sacred rattle known as asson. At his feet sits a small open coffin with a man inside. The figure is set against an oval background of gold sequins framed by black and white scalloped borders.
Three Girls, Sybil Gibson, tempera and watercolor on brown paper
Flag on pink satin depicts central motif of a monstrance against a square background of pink sequins, with a red heart in each corner of the square. Border consists of green, pink, and white diamonds, triangles, and half-circles. Monstrance motif associated with "loa" Clemezine, and St. Claire.