Untitled (Woman Holding Baby)

Mose Tolliver

1988

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Sequined, beaded flag bearing vèvè (sacred inscription) of Agaou Comble (divinity or lwa of thunder), along with Masonic and other Vodoun (Voodoo) symbolism, and the name AGAROU MANCHON (?) spelled out in sequins.
Black line drawing of a stylized figure standing in a vessel with its body bent forward and head in a tube.
Flag on burgundy satin depicts ship flying two flags against blue sequined background, man with hat visible below deck. Anchor descends from left side of ship, and fish swims underneath. Ship framed by oval pink scalloped border; corner triangles filled with green, gold, and black sequins bordered by purple scallops. Image represents the "loa" Agoue.
Small Streams In Cinders --Skeljafell, Eliot Porter, dye-transfer print