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Osmond Watson Devotee of Rastafari 1999. Oil on canvas. 12×12 ins

River scene by Carl Abrahams. c 1995. oil on canvas. 17×23 ins

Chickenhead by Cecil Cooper. 1994. 20×24 ins.

Eye Totem by Leroi Clarke. 2011. Acrylic on paper. 9 3/4×3 1/4 ins

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