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Untitled

1974; scanned 2022

Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine, United States, North and Central America

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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.

Digital image scanned from a 35mm black and white negative of ceramist Abbas M. Ahuwan hand building a pot. A ceramics instructor for the 1974 annual summer session at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Dr. Ahuwan stands behind a clay pot, leaning over and squeezing water onto the pot. The pot is placed upside down on a light color bucket. Mr. Ahuwan wears a light color shirt and dark color overalls. To the left of Dr. Ahuwan is a large cup and bowl of water, to the right is a bucket. The legs of other campers, who are sitting on an elevated surface, are seen in the background.

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Catalog reference: 2025.59.59

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