Jack Robertson

Jack Robertson is the Spirit of Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warrior’s Master Sewer. Since the mid 1980s, Robertson has helped create incredibly detailed beaded patches and masks that have been displayed at the Backstreet Cultural Museum and in Prospect 1 at the New Orleans Museum of Art. In addition to sewing, Robertson also plays the drums with the tribe during their annual processions and in other performances.

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