The tears streamed, but inside she was a festival

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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.

An abstract painting using multiple colors of paint and various colorful media on canvas. The painting is made of acrylic paint, graphite, crayon, and other mixed media on canvas. There are broad strokes of black paint in the foreground of the painting with light blue, pink, and yellow painted in the background. Bundles of fabrics have been tied, adhered and sewn to the surface of the canvas. On the top middle of the painting is a black plastic flower, a mirrored disc, and a multicolored piece of fabric attached to the canvas. On the middle of the canvas on the left side is a bundled piece of red and green fabric. On the top right side of the canvas is a mirrored disc. In the middle of the canvas is a multicolored and multi-patterned embroidered circle, and below that is a sealed clear plastic bag holding an embroidered patch.

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