Dressing for The Carnival - Winslow Homer (1877) Oil on canvas
from the Met Museum: “In this Reconstruction-era painting, Homer evokes the dislocation and endurance of African American culture that was a legacy of slavery. The central figure represents a character from a Christmas celebration known as Jonkonnu, once observed by enslaved people in North Carolina and, possibly, eastern...
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