Untitled (In the World)

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Black and white image of Martha Sapp giving birth. On the right hand of the image are a pair of bare legs splayed out, knees bent. Sapp wears white socks. On the bed in front of Sapp is a baby crying, covered in afterbirth. The umbilical cord of the baby is still attached but is seen spilling out the woman, along with the placenta. Sapp and child are laying on a bed covered with a patterned blanket. Behind Sapp, in the upper left, is a blur of a Mary Coley wearing a white apron with hands outstretched. Only the lower halves of both women can be seen in the image.

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