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What is the sculpture Ka is selling to Gabrielle Fontaneau?
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Ka made a three-foot tall mahogany sculpture of her father from what she understood was his time in prison in Haiti: he is bending with his back “arched like the curve of a crescent moon” with downcast eyes ad long fingers (6). Ms. Fontaneau says that the work is both “regal and humble” (11).
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