Description
PORTRAIT BUST OF JEAN-JACQUES DESSALINES BY ULYSSE DABOUZE (HAITI, EARLY 20TH CENTURY). Carved wood, subject identified on front, signed on back. Folksy bust, well-carved, of Dessalines in full military uniform. Retains its original polychrome paint. 20 1/2"h. Dessalines (1758-1806) was born a slave, but ran away and served...