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A woman with moss covering her head peering between two knotty tree trunks.
The Moss Hairdo
A woman with moss covering her head peering between two knotty tree trunks.
A woman with moss covering her head peering between two knotty tree trunks.
The Moss Hairdo, Maria von Matthiessen, 1997, sepia-toned print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © 2018 by Malte von Matthiessen.

The Moss Hairdo

Artist (American, 1944 - 2001)
Date1997
Mediumblack and white print
DimensionsSheet: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Portfolio/Series"The Magical Self: African-American Hairdos in Savannah" series
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number2001.11.25
On View
Not on view
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Subject MatterColonial Park Cemetery, 200 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America
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