Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Johnny Hamilton with chicken
1979; printed 2007
Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
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 a man holding a chicken. He is wearing a short-sleeve button down shirt. The top buttons are unfastened and his white undershirt is exposed. He is holding the chicken upside down with its feet in his right hand and its head in his left hand. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
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Catalog reference: 2014.310.40
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