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Two women in black clothing wear towering coiffures adorned with rows of seashells and shrimp s…
Guiding Spirits of the Fisherman
Two women in black clothing wear towering coiffures adorned with rows of seashells and shrimp s…
Two women in black clothing wear towering coiffures adorned with rows of seashells and shrimp stand in front of a large hanging fishing net.
Guiding Spirits of the Fisherman, Maria von Matthiessen, 1997, color print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © 2018 by Malte von Matthiessen.

Guiding Spirits of the Fisherman

Artist (American, 1944 - 2001)
Date1997
Mediumcolor print
DimensionsSight: 12 3/16 × 18 5/8 inches (31 × 47.3 cm)
Portfolio/Series"The Magical Self: African-American Hairdos in Savannah" series
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number2001.11.19
On View
Not on view
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Subject MatterLazaretto Creek, Tybee Island & McQueens Island, Georgia, United States of America
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