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From the Hush Harbor Series.

During antebellum America, a hush harbor was a place where enslaved Africans would gather in secret to practice religious traditions.

The hush harbors served as the location where the enslaved could combine their…

Wood mask with scarification on face. Hair is styled in a high coiffure with center part. Large ears and a beard.

Oval shaped face with slightly bulging forehead that curves sharply toward eyes and nose bridge; often cylindrical eyes are positioned at approximately upper 3rd of 2 1/2" long nose; "upper lip slants outward to form a overhang into which 3 teeth…