Tales of Koumba: Mother Crocodile and Dancing Girls

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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.

A relief print featuring dancing figures and a crocodile. The figures of four dancing girls appear amidst trees in the top half of the print as a crocodile emerges from the water in the bottom foreground. The title of the print [Mother Crocodile and Dancing Girls] is written in pencil on the bottom left side and the artist’s signature [James L. Wells ‘78] is on the right, also in pencil.

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