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Untitled

1974; scanned 2023

Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, United States, 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.

Digital image scanned from a 35mm black and white negative of ceramist Abbas M. Ahuwan hand building a pot at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. A ceramics instructor for the 1974 annual summer session, Dr. Ahuwan is bent over working on the clay pot with both hands. Only hisvarms and legs are captured. He wears dark color pants and light color shoes. The pot sits in sand, likely for stability.

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Catalog reference: 2025.59.49

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