beading and sequins overall; central turquoise drum in front of a gold platform, with an old man with white hair and beard wearing gold pants and a black shirt with green leaves and vines assisting a woman wearing a white hat and blue dress with moons and starts onto the platform; musicians at left and right; man in red knickers and gold shirt playing maracas and man in green pants and black and red shirt playing a lute at right; man in dark blue suit playing an accordion, man in white pants at red shirt with leaves seated on and playing a box-shaped percussion instrument, and man in black tank top playing a harmonica at left; large brown element at top; multicolored beads on border, with symmetrical pattern of maracas, conical horns, and lutes; outer fabric border of patterned khaki, grey, and white fabric, with gold sequined trimming

Bal Kontredans, 2021

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Myrlande Constant revolutionized the tradition of Vodou flag-making in Haiti, both by using different materials than the traditional sequins and by expanding the subject matter. She learned beadwork while working at a wedding dress factory as a teenager, an experience that is fundamental to her complex compositions depicting regular people in everyday life. In this work, two figures dance while musicians play amid a vibrant landscape.

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Title
Bal Kontredans
Artist Life
born 1968
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2022.23.2
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beading and sequins overall; central turquoise drum in front of a gold platform, with an old man with white hair and beard wearing gold pants and a black shirt with green leaves and vines assisting a woman wearing a white hat and blue dress with moons and starts onto the platform; musicians at left and right; man in red knickers and gold shirt playing maracas and man in green pants and black and red shirt playing a lute at right; man in dark blue suit playing an accordion, man in white pants at red shirt with leaves seated on and playing a box-shaped percussion instrument, and man in black tank top playing a harmonica at left; large brown element at top; multicolored beads on border, with symmetrical pattern of maracas, conical horns, and lutes; outer fabric border of patterned khaki, grey, and white fabric, with gold sequined trimming
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