Untitled

Maker Gelin Buteau

ClassificationsPaintings

Daten.d.

Dimensions35” H x 23 3/4“ W

Materials/TechniqueAcrylic on canvas

SignedBottom center: Gelin Buteau

Credit LineGift of Mitchell and Loretta Chipin

Object numberCAR2006.06.CHI

DescriptionMermaid. A mermaid in a sea of leafy trees faces the viewer directly. She smiles, her long black hair flowing behind her, as she wraps her arms around two netherworld creatures. Her snaking tail describes the vertical axis of the painting.

Place of origin / madeHaiti, North and Central America

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

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