Handmade doll: "AIDS Indian Warrior
Part of the Stitches collection.ST-NYZ-DI-0194
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"AIDS Indian Warrior

Diane JimenezNew York, USA

The story

I feel like an Indian at war, War within myself. Each fight is harder AIDS is, as the Indians would say, The evil shadow. Cast them out. So my doll is dancing. Casting all my demons away. African, Mexican Indian and Jewish decent who lives in Yonkers, NY.

About this doll
Represents
HIV/AIDS
Birth date
February 13, 1951
Diagnosis
Unknown

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These dolls, created by women with HIV/AIDS, show that the disease is one with multiple layers that each woman must peel away in order to live a positive life.

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