Exchange: F22 Caribbean Religions: Creole Spiritualities From Vodou to Islam

F22 Caribbean Religions: Creole Spiritualities From Vodou to Islam

Marten de Vos;Maarten de Vos
Allegorical Representation of 'America'
1594 – 1600
pen and black ink with ink wash | cream-colored paper
Museum Purchase
1960/2.24

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Elliott Erwitt
People and Statues on Beach, San Juan, Puerto Rico, from "Recent Developments"
1978
gelatin silver print | paper
Gift of Lawrence and Carol Zicklin
1987/1.175.3

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Cloth panel bound in leather with multi-colored beadwork. There are three evenly spaced leather ties across the top, while the bottom has three small, triangular panels attached, each with two strings of beads hanging down. The center of the panel has a face with an interlace pattern below. The rest of the panel has patterns of zig-zags and diamonds in various colors.

Yoruba
Beaded Panel
20th century
cloth, leather, multi-colored beadwork |
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
1997/1.311

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Figure of a human head on a base covered with cowrie shells. The cowrie shells are covered in blue pigment and two strings of cowrie shells hang off the back and side of the figure. There is leather wrapped around the neck of the figure. The head of the figure, carved out of wood, has pointed ears and a conical hairstyle decorated with geometric patterns and lines.

Yoruba
Figure
1901 – 1999
wood, cowrie shells, leather, blue pigment |
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.247

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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
1890 – 1920
terracotta |
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis

2000/2.111

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A hand-held staff with a short cylindrical handle, topped by a kneeling female figure. The figure is holding two rectangular objects in both hands and is wearing a string of beads around her neck. The hair is in a tri-lobal shape with a curved protrusion at the top. A portion of the protrusion may have been broken off.

Yoruba
Staff
1950 – 1999
wood, string, beads |
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.668

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Carved ax handle is comprised of a kneeling male figure with rounded knob on top of his head, into which the narrow end of a triangular iron ax blade is embedded.

Yoruba
Ax for Ogun
1925 – 1975
wood, iron |
Gift of Bert N. LaDu, Jr.
2006/2.73

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Small bowl supported by two fish on a circular base. The two fish are curved so that the head, tail, and one fin support the bowl while the middle of the body rests on the base. The other fin connects the fish's tail to the head. The edge of the bowl and the base are decorated with incised diagonal marks.

Yoruba
Bowl
1901 – 1999
wood |
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.669

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A color photograph of a woman sitting in a church pew breast-feeding a baby.

Peter Turnley
Iglesia Merced, Habana, Cuba, 2015
2015
archival pigment print | paper
Gift of Kathleen Lauster and Jarir Derouach
2016/2.532

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A wedding party on horseback—led by the bride in white with a veil, and the groom in a cowboy hat—leaves a village while a crowd watches. Each of the horses is a different color, including red, gray, and different shades of brown. The people are dressed in bright, solid-colored clothes. Some wear brimmed hats. The village, consisting of a few houses and fields of green plants, palm trees, and trees with large purple and pink leaves, surrounds the wedding party on three sides. There is a clear blue sky overhead.

Georges Auguste
Village Wedding
1950 – 2000
oil | canvas
Gift of Dr. James L. Curtis
2011/2.185

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This black and white stereoscopic image features two images showing a city street filled with pedestrians. There are telegraph poles and wires running along the street. It is surrounded by the text: Sample Set No. 1; C. H. Graves, Publisher and Gen’l Manager; 4858 Jamaica, Queen Street, Kingston. <br />

Stereo Classics Studio
Stereoscope Image, Sample Set No.1: Jamaica, Queen Street, Kingston
1978
photograph | cardboard
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
2010/1.169.59

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