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Creator: Haitian artist Ronald Edmond
Date of Creation: 2010s
About 17 in x 21 in (width / length)
Materials: Synthetic silk, seed beads
Synthetic silk tapestry with colorful seed beads portraying the Lwa (spirit) Gran Bwa. Haitian Vodou drapo are used in ceremonies to honor the spirits. They have also become a major tourist art attraction. The spirit Gran Bwa is portrayed as half human, half tree, with arms as branches and feet as roots. Two ason (ritual rattles) frame either side of him along with healing leaves. Gran Bwa is a spirit of healing, plants, and sacred medicine.
Acquired by Dr. Kyrah Malika Daniels in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
