Daily Life Collection

Dublin Core

Title

Daily Life Collection

Description

Collection contains artworks and objects that pertain to daily life in Haiti.

Identifier

HC2200

Collection Items

[Untitled]
Painting of a village in the forest. There are two huts in the background. There are people walking and working outside.

Independence Day
Watercolor painting of a pot of soup joumou on the stovetop. Cut squash is on the counter.

[Untitled]
Painting of a woman cleaning clothes on a rock on the water. There is a hut in the background.

[Untitled]
Painting of a lot of people in a market carrying baskets.

[Untitled]
Painting of people outside in the market

[Untitled]
Painting of children playing outside of huts.

[Untitled]
Women carrying baskets on their heads.

[Untitled]
Painting of three women with two baskets on the road

Soup Joumou
Soup joumou, 'pumpkin soup' is made of the bright yellow ingredients of squash, pumpkin, vegetables, and meat. Before Haiti's independence , the soup joumou was off-limits to Black slaves. Once the Haitian people gained emancipatioon, the soup was…

[Untitled]
Soup joumou, 'pumpkin soup' is made of the bright yellow ingredients of squash, pumpkin, vegetables, and meat. Before Haiti's independence , the soup joumou was off-limits to Black slaves. Once the Haitian people gained emancipatin, the soup was…
View all 24 items