Dreaming of Home

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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 collage with the image of a woman wearing a headwrap and a dress at the center. Drawn in ink and paint the woman at the center is wearing a floral printed headwrap, hoop earrings, and a matching floral printed dress. The woman's body is turned towards the right side with both hands on her opposite hip. In the background at the top right corner are blue, red, and yellow pieces of paper with the same floral design on it. There are more orange pieces of paper with the floral design at the top left side. There is a red and white piece of paper at the bottom left side. There is water damage along the bottom edge that has resulted in a large blue stain. The paper is covered in a large yellow stain from dried adhesive and most of the collage pieces are missing.

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