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Folk Tales, The Leopard Woman

1990s

New York, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A painting titled “Folk Tales, The Leopard Woman” mounted on a board with text beside it. At the center of the painting is a family with a woman wearing an orange dress, headband, and gold jewelry and she is carrying a baby on her back. The man is wearing a purple outfit and is carrying a brown walking stick. In the background is a blue sky and black and green land. The image of the family has a black square border around it. In a larger square around the image of the family is a yellow, green, and blue design. The design consists of yellow and orange curved shapes along the outer edge and at the center is a blue background and four green curved shapes. There is a blue rectangle at the top and bottom of the painting.

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Catalog reference: 2025.18.22

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