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X94.76.7 Boat
Boat
Artist: Pierrot Barra
Place of Origin: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Materials Used: Wood, satin, plastic, sequins, beads, pins, metallic ribbon, lace
Date: 1993
Dimensions: H: 86.0 cm, W: 45.0 cm, D: 94.0 cm (H: 33.8 in, W: 17.7 in, D: 37.0 in)
Credit Line and Accession Number: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum Purchase, Manus Fund. X94.76.7
Other versions of Agwe’s boat may be seen in Cosentino, ed. (1995, 149-50).
Source: Drewal, Henry John. (2008) “Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas”, Los Angeles, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. page 155
