In the last 12 months, Eddie Vanison has played a recurring character on the HBO series “Treme,” and he has solved crimes as a detective for the Mandeville Police Department. But neither of those experiences quite measures up to what has become his favorite: masking Indian on Mardi Gras with the Hard Head Hunters tribe of New Orleans’ 7th Ward.
Vanison on Tuesday morning unveiled his latest suit. Velvet and gold, its beadwork depicts him fighting off humans with crab claws for hands trying to yank him down near an inscription warning, “Caution haters beyond this point.” The suit symbolizes the 37-year-old’s efforts to fend off negativity in the world, and it is the product of sewing for endless hours and suffering countless needle pricks.
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