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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Sculpture in the form of a leopard. This is a carved wooden body of a large, pacing wild cat. Head lowered, legs splayed, the sculpture appears to be stalking forward, tail held horizontally. The body of the sculpture is painted black, with spots of gold and silver glitter thickly covering the back and exterior of the legs, as well as the tail. The head is free of spots. The ears are outlined and detailed in silver paint. The eyes are gold glass marbles. The mouth, a slight indentation carved into the head, is outlined in silver paint. A gold painted fang overlaps the lower lip on each side. Other facial features are carved shallowly and painted black. There is a small bare patch under the chin where the black paint is only thinly applied. The front two paws have claws of metal nails; the back paws are bare.

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