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A woman wears a tall hairdo mimicking the alternating bands of the lighthouse behind her.
The Lighthouse Hairdo
A woman wears a tall hairdo mimicking the alternating bands of the lighthouse behind her.
A woman wears a tall hairdo mimicking the alternating bands of the lighthouse behind her.
The Lighthouse Hairdo, Maria von Matthiessen, 1997, color print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © 2018 by Malte von Matthiessen.

The Lighthouse Hairdo

Artist (American, 1944 - 2001)
Date1997
Mediumcolor print
DimensionsSight: 18 1/4 × 6 1/8 inches (46.4 × 15.6 cm)
Portfolio/Series"The Magical Self: African-American Hairdos in Savannah" series
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number2001.11.18
On View
Not on view
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Subject MatterTybee Island Lighthouse, Tybee Island, Georgia, United States of America
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