<I>Ancestral Memorial, Coney Island</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1995
name: label: Photograph by
content: Chester Higgins, American, born 1946
label: Subject of
content: People of the Sun Middle Passage Collective, American, founded 1989
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white gelatin silver print photograph of three women engaged in a memorial ritual for enslaved African ancestors of the Middle Passage during the annual event held by the People of the Sun Middle Passage Collective in Coney Island. The women, all wearing long white dresses, stand in knee-deep foamy waves of the Atlantic Ocean. Their heads are bowed, and they hold each other's hands. They are shown against a plain grey sky. The photograph is set in matte white backing with a printed white gallery label on the reverse.
place: label: Place captured
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Middle Passage
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Prayer
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Spirituality
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Worship services
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.18.3
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Chester Higgins, All Rights Reserved
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): 6 5/16 × 9 9/16 in. (16 × 24.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 6 15/16 × 10 in. (17.7 × 25.4 cm)