Road Along a Cemetery, A. Gabriel

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A. Gabriel, artist
Road Along a Cemetery, date unknown
Where object was made: Haiti
Material/technique: hardboard; paint
Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 61 x 45.5 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 24 x 17 15/16 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 26 1/4 x 20 1/4 x 0 1/2 in
Credit line: Mary Lou Vansant Hughes Collection
Accession number: 2011.0270
Not on display

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Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2018–19 KU Common Book

“In Vodou, it is believed that when one dies, one returns to Ginen, the ancenstral homeland from which our forebears were taken before being brought to the New World as slaves.” (p. 134)

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