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Two women in the bottom left corner and a third in the background, all wearing wheat headdresse…
Spirits of the Wheatfields
Two women in the bottom left corner and a third in the background, all wearing wheat headdresse…
Two women in the bottom left corner and a third in the background, all wearing wheat headdresses, pose in a field.
Spirits of the Wheatfields, Maria von Matthiessen, 1997, sepia-toned print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © 2018 by Malte von Matthiessen.

Spirits of the Wheatfields

Artist (American, 1944 - 2001)
Date1997
Mediumsepia-toned print
DimensionsSight: 12 5/16 × 18 1/2 inches (31.3 × 47 cm)
Portfolio/Series"The Magical Self: African-American Hairdos in Savannah" series
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number2001.11.31
On View
Not on view
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Subject MatterLebanon Plantation, 5745 Ogeechee Road, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America
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