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Collagraph/Photolithograph/Chine Colle/ Handcoloring/Cowrie Shells on Handmade Paper
27”h x 38”w
Edition Various of 16 2004
Layers upon layers civilizations build one over the next and
symbols of the known peoples of the Caribbean – Taino Indians,
Catholic Colonials, Maroon Slave Societies – comprise this
densely packed image, Cimarrón. Cimarrón people were
escaped slave who formed their own communities.
Corie shells were traded as money worldwide for
thousands of years. They are symbols here of their
use in the slave trade.