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A woman wearing a white head wrap with loops of black and white braids and red beads stands in …
Sahara Desert
A woman wearing a white head wrap with loops of black and white braids and red beads stands in …
A woman wearing a white head wrap with loops of black and white braids and red beads stands in front of a yellow building with multiple verandas.
Sahara Desert, Maria von Matthiessen, 1997, color print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © 2018 by Malte von Matthiessen.

Sahara Desert

Artist (American, 1944 - 2001)
Date1997
Mediumcolor print
DimensionsSight: 18 5/16 × 14 1/8 inches (46.5 × 35.9 cm)
Portfolio/Series"The Magical Self: African-American Hairdos in Savannah" series
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number2001.11.14
On View
Not on view
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Subject MatterMonterey Square, East Taylor Street, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America
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