<I>Preparing Crab</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1979; printed 2007
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, American, born 1951
label: Printed by
content: ModernAge Photographic Services, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of two men preparing crabs. The men are pouring crabs from one bucket into another over a fire. The man on the left is wearing light colored pants, a stripped dress shirt and a baseball cap. The other man is wearing a short-sleeve dress shirt, pants and a baseball cap. The men are surrounded by wood fragments and debris. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rural life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Daufuskie Island
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Generously donated by Bank of America Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.310.35
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: digital prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 19 7/16 × 13 in. (49.4 × 33 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 23 7/8 × 20 in. (60.6 × 50.8 cm)