Monthly Archives: February 2012

Harlem’s Hubert Harrison on the United States occupation of Haiti

By The Public Archive | Published: February 27, 2012
The case of Hayti and the present plight of the Haytian people helps us to see the aims of our own American imperialists in the white light of pitiless publicity. A people of African descent, scarcely seven hundred miles from our own shores, with a government of their own, have had their government suppressed and [...]
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Dr. Alfred Metraux’s Gourd Rattles

By The Public Archive | Published: February 20, 2012
Title: Gourd Rattle “Asson” “Baksor” Donor Name: Dr. Alfred Metraux Culture: Haitian Object Type: Rattle Place: Croix-Des-Bouquets (Near Port-Au-Prince), Ouest Province, Haiti, Caribbean Accession Date: 1942-Jun-19 Topic: Ethnology Accession Number: 163278 Catalog Number: E382581-0 USNM Number: E382581 Specimen Count: 1 Notes: GOURD RATTLE, NARROW END SERVES AS HANDLE. COVERED WITH LOOSE RETICULATE NETTING OF COLORED GLASS, PROCELIAN BEADS, AND SNAKE VERTEBRAE. THE “ASSON” IS [...]
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