Voodoo Doll, Jack Warren Welpott

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1923–2007
Voodoo Doll, 1962
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 24.6 x 19.1 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 11/16 x 7 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1972.0207
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This title implies that Welpott’s subject is related to the Voodoo religion practiced around New Orleans, Louisana. In truth, so-called “voodoo dolls,” a term describing an effigy into which pins are inserted, do not have a prominent role in Haitian Vodou or Voodoo. Welpott has likely associated this intriguing object with a religion that he, like many Americans, knows little about.

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