<I>Grave diggers</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1982; printed 2007
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, American, born 1951
label: Printed by
content: ModernAge Photographic Services, American
notes: label: Description
content: This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of men digging a grave. A boy is standing on the right wearing a knit hat and winter coat. Two men are digging the grave with shovels. One man has his back turned to the camera and is wearing a suit jacket and pants. The other man is on the left of the photograph and is wearing a knit hat and a collard winter coat. There are flowers on the ground near the grave and funeral attendees are standing around the grave site. 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: Funeral customs and rites
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: 2014.310.52
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): 13 × 19 7/16 in. (33 × 49.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 20 × 23 7/8 in. (50.8 × 60.6 cm)