Button (Haiti), late 18th century

Button depicting scene with three figures in a palm tree-filled landscape conversing. Two men wear native West Indies garments of skirts; one wears a red feathered crown; the other holds a bow and carries a quiver of arrows on his back. Woman on the left wears a Western skirt with no shirt and a red scarf on head; her back is towards the viewer and she carries a basket of flowers.