A Creole, A loose figure from a diorama by Gerrit Schouten, depicting a Creole man, standing to the right. Both hands are raised. The man is wearing a blue wrap decorated with red and white motifs and with a white trim. He wears bracelets and anklets and is barefoot. The attitude of his hands suggests that he originally held a musical instrument. A very similar figure from a diorama of a slave dance owned by the Barbados Museum (Medendorp diorama XV) plays a benta, an arched stringed instrument or flute., Suriname, Gerrit Schouten, c. 1810 - in or before 1839, paper, glue, paint (coating
A Creole, A loose figure from a diorama by Gerrit Schouten, depicting a Creole man, standing to the right. Both hands are raised. The man is wearing a blue wrap decorated with red and white motifs and with a white trim. He wears bracelets and anklets and is barefoot. The attitude of his hands suggests that he originally held a musical instrument. A very similar figure from a diorama of a slave dance owned by the Barbados Museum (Medendorp diorama XV) plays a benta, an arched stringed instrument or flute., Suriname, Gerrit Schouten, c. 1810 - in or before 1839, paper, glue, paint (coating), painting, h cm × w cm
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