W19 Khan - AAS 495 - Caribbean Folklore: Spirits, Magic, and Resistance

Y. Verne
Voodoo Ritual
inlaid banana leaves and cane on cardboard
23 1/2 in x 42 in (59.69 cm x 106.68 cm)
Gift of Dr. James L. Curtis
A black and white lithograph depicts a number of palm trees.
Emilio Sanchez
Palmaras
black and white lithograph on paper
15 1/2 in x 21 1/2 in (39.37 cm x 54.61 cm);20 3/4 in x 26 3/8 in (52.71 cm x 66.99 cm)
Gift of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation
Elliott Erwitt
People and Statues on Beach, San Juan, Puerto Rico, from "Recent Developments"
gelatin silver print on paper
14 in. x 11 in. ( 35.5 cm x 27.9 cm )
Gift of Lawrence and Carol Zicklin
A line of men in workers' garb raise machetes with joyous expressions on their faces.  
Dmitri Baltermants
Sugarcane Workers with Machetes Raised, Cuba
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in x 20 in (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Agah, Class of 1989 (BBA)
Image of a book lying open to a page featuring a painting of the crucified Christ. A newsclipping featuring a photo of an ash-covered body of a man lies on the book across the open page.  
Joanne Leonard
Haiti Crucifixes (Earthquake Victim and Murdered Haitian Hero)
inkjet print on paper
24 in x 36 3/4 in (60.96 cm x 93.35 cm);21 in x 31 in (53.34 cm x 78.74 cm)
Gift of the artist
This hour-glass shaped stool is supported by two caryatid figures who sit in a pose of lamentation—crouched with head in hands. Scarified patterned abstracted tears spill from their lower eyelids. Brass studs adorn the perimeter of the stool’s seat, base, and figures. Both figures wear strings of black, red and white beads around their necks.
Chokwe
Caryatid stool
wood, glass beads, and brass tacks
7 15/16 in x 8 ⅞ in x 8 11/16 in (20.16 cm x 22.54 cm x 22.07 cm)
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
Ernst Haas
Tobago, from "The Creation"
dye transfer print on paper
12 7/8 in. x 19 1/2 in. ( 32.7 cm x 49.5 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952
A group of women gather to wash clothes in a river while a man looks on.
Kensel Franklin
Washing Clothes
oil on masonite
x 37 1/2 in. x 95.25 cm
Gift of Dr. James L. Curtis
Small, semi-circular beaded bag with three beaded tassels and a braided leather handle. The base of the beadwork is blue, with three faces, two yellow and red flowers, and an interlace pattern decorating the surface. The outside of the bag is edged with yellow and red beads. 
Yoruba
Diviner's Beaded Bag
canvas, beads, and leather
26 3/8 in x 8 11/16 in x 13/16 in (67 cm x 22 cm x 2 cm)
Gift of Dr. Daniel and Sandra Mato
Marten de Vos; Maarten de Vos
Allegorical Representation of 'America'
pen and black ink with ink wash on cream-colored paper
4 15/16 in x 4 15/16 in (12.54 cm x 12.54 cm);19 ¼ in x 14 ⅜ in (48.89 cm x 36.51 cm)
Museum Purchase
British
Printed Cotton
printed cotton, sepia tone
32 in. x 27 1/2 in. ( 81.28 cm x 69.9 cm )
The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
Clay vessel with a rounded bottom and a tall neck and handle. The bottom part of the vessel and handle are decorated with small holes and geometric patterns. The neck of the vessel is decorated with a face on both sides. The lips appear to be pursed and the eyes appear to be closed. The  half-circle ears stick out from the top of the neck, just below the rim of the vessel. On each cheek there are three horizontal marks with small holes. 
Yoruba
Vessel
terracotta
11 9/16 in x 8 7/8 in x 9 1/8 in (29.37 cm x 22.54 cm x 23.18 cm)
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis

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The Silk Cotton Tree, [Shrine Figure 2006/2.72] as it does around the world, has much folklore attached in the Caribbean. https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/caribarch/education/ceiba/ https://secretbarbados.com/project/silk-cotton-tree/
— by Sophie Grillet (April 23 2019 @ 7:44 am)

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