Photograph of a rice trunk on the Ashepoo River
date: label: Date
content: 2004
name: label: Photograph by
content: David Soliday, American
notes: label: Caption
content: This apparatus is called a trunk. It controls the in and out flow of water between the river and the rice field. It is the heart of tidal irrigation providing the ability to utilize only the freshwater layer over the denser incoming tidal saltwater. Often, when trunks are replaced, hollowed out logs are found nearby. West Africans used logs to control water in mangrove swamps for rice cultivation. The exchange of technology is quite obvious here. –Description from photographer, David Soliday.
label: Description
content: A digital photograph depicting a rice trunk along the Ashepoo River. In the foreground, the water reflects the wooden trunk above. A narrow grassy bridge sits between both wooden trunks. The surrounding vegetation is mostly brown and leafless, except for a few trees that bear green or brown leaves.
place: label: Place captured
content: Ashepoo River, Ashepoo, Colleton County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Nature
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rice farming
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: United States History
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Remnants of the Rice Culture
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David Shriver Soliday
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.216.42
objectType: label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © David Soliday
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 1960 pixels × 3008 pixels, 33.77 MB