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Inspecting crab shells

1979; printed 2007

Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

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

This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of two children inspecting crab shells. The child closest to the camera is sitting on an overturned metal bucket. She is wearing a white shirt and white shorts and has a bucket full of crab shells at her feet. The other child is sitting on an overturned plastic bucket and is wearing a patterned shirt and shorts. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

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Catalog reference: 2014.310.39

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