Art, Symbol & Imagination
Grave Offerings and a Mountain Tomb in Haiti
A small white grave marker stands above vessels in the upper photograph. The lower view shows a masonry tomb with a dark niche and painted signs. The caption describes offerings for the dead and identifies a water jug and Legba tree-of-life painted above the tomb’s opening.
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W. B. Seabrook. "Grave Offerings and a Mountain Tomb in Haiti" [editorial title]. In The Magic Island, W. B. Seabrook; drawings by Alexander King. New York: The Literary Guild of America, 1929; drawings by Alexander King and photographs by the author., 1929, The Literary Guild of America. Source scan leaf 377. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0399-0368
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A historical image from Seabrook’s account of Haiti. The drawings are Alexander King’s interpretations; photographs preserve the source’s period framing and captions.
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W. B. Seabrook. Grave Offerings and a Mountain Tomb in Haiti. The Magic Island. Scan leaf 377. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0399-0368