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The three women represent the goddesses known as Marasa. If you look closely you will see three pronged symbols on their dresses (known as veve) to used to invoke the Marasa. These goddesses of children and childbirth are often depicted as twins,…

Painting of a woman wearing a colorful dress. She is wearing a green leaf wreath around her head. She is facing towards the water.

*Francine Murat Gallery

Sketch drawing of Marie Jeanne Lamartiniere (fl. 1802), a Haitian Revolutionary, soldier, and nurse.