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Vodun Flag

Vodun Flag, ca. 1930

  • Haitian, West Indies

Cotton and satin fabric, glass beads, sequin, metal ornaments

  • Overall: 28 × 36 inches (71.1 × 91.4 cm)

Gift of Roland Wiener in honor of his sister, Mrs. Olga Dionysius

F1988.79

Department

African American Art

Details

Inscribed, upper right: VONQUITTE | MAZA

1988-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Haitian, West Indies, Vodun Flag, ca. 1930, cotton and satin fabric, glass beads, sequin, metal ornaments. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Roland Wiener in honor of his sister, Mrs. Olga Dionysius, F1988.79.

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