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Black Gold

By Mary Down 2018
Bookwork: In two parts, first a copper manilla ( African currency also used in the slave trade) salvaged from the wreck of the Doura. Second a zigzag book with digital images and text. Wooden boxes with acrylic paint and gold leaf.
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