Last updated: April 23, 2026
The things people touched, wore, ate, carried, and made tell the story of Saint-Domingue as clearly as any battle. This note catalogs the colony's material world: food, clothing, work tools, sacred objects, and bodily marks through which domination and survival became visible.
François Mackandal - Ouaies/macandals, poison, and Kongo-derived protection objects
Les Mornes - Where different material culture evolved
Northern Plain - Where sugar tools shaped lives
Material Culture - Ouaies/macandals as material culture; pakèt kongo continuity
Material Culture - What she carried (ouaies/macandals)
culture -- Source for objects, clothing, food
Material Culture - Deeper analysis of objects and meanings
Material Culture
The drums as material culture
Material Culture
Material Culture - The objects of daily life
Material Culture
ceremony-structure - Where sacred objects are used
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"Material Culture." Rasin.ai, 2026. https://rasin.ai/connections/concepts/material-culture. Accessed 2026-05-05.