Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
A tombstone from the white cemetery
1979; printed 2007
Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of the tombstone of Mary Martinangele. The tombstone reads [SACRED / to the memory of / MARY MARTINANGELE / who departed this life / April 2nd 1790]. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
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Catalog reference: 2014.310.51
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