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Madame Marie Laveau
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This handmade papier mache mask has been collaged to a ¼ inch thick hard shell finish using recycled brown paper bags. Pays homage to the spirit of Madame Laveau and her beloved city New Orleans. May her power protect the wearer from all evil:

The Voodoo Queen’s mask has been layered with torn strips of hand-stamped brocade-patterned brown paper reminiscent of antique wallpaper from the French Quarter.

Her elaborate “Brother can ya spare a dime” head piece was created from Democratic holy medals of St. FDR and lacrimosa teardrop pearls containing the tears of the poor and disinherited of NOLA.

Hanging from the sides are several fetish items:

A gris-gris ball filled with goofer dust collected at midnight from the conscience of a man with no soul in a graveyard filled with dead soldiers;

The reptilian claw of Prescott Bush. stolen from the Skull and Bones crypt by the ghost of Geronimo;

The George W. Bush “worry” doll (pins not included) encased in a mojo bag (formerly home to the Infant of Prague), held together with the tattered shreds of Old Glory, complete with a cryptic but powerful Chinese prophecy found in a fortune cookie;

A crucifix made of motes removed from the eyes of the hypocrites of the religious right;

Other items include Mr. Bojangles’ bones, a Mother Goddess miracle medal, and a skeleton key that opens the mythical holy grail of lock boxes said to contain the secret to Diebold’s source code.

As an added bonus, a magical assortment of blue glass and pink quartz crystal Mardi Gras Beads included, as well as divine Bling Bling from the wrinkled neck of Babs Bush.

All sprinkled with holy levee water from the grapes of wrath, vintage 2005.