jewelers. Haiti and return to the States Mason married Jean E. Chenet in Manhattan, New York on September 13, 1948. Chenet was born on October 14, 1924, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After marrying, Mason spent much of her time in Haiti. Under her married name, Winifred Chenet, she sold "voodoo-inspired" jewelry there. She also operated a store in New York selling Haitian art. In 1963 her husband was murdered in Haiti by the Tonton Macoute. Winifred Mason Chenet escaped and returned to the United States. Mason Chenet was later active in championing other female black artists. She was honored by Girls Friends, an organization for black women, in 1990. She had served as a vice president of their Brooklyn chapter in 1939. Mason Chenet died in 1993. References 1912 births 1993 deaths 20th-century American women artists American jewellers American jewelry designers