Photograph by:

Dr. Doris Derby, American, 1939 - 2022  Search this

Subject of:

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974  Search this

Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

H x W: 1144 pixels × 1107 pixels, 0.63 MB

Type:

digital images

digital media - born analog

Place captured:

Una, Clay County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1968

Description:

A black-and-white image of a member of the Una Sewing Co-op making a doll. The image is in portrait orientation and depicts a close up of a woman's hands sewing a black doll. She is holding the head of the doll in her PL hand, and is pulling a piece of yarn attached to the doll with her right hand. The yarn is looped around her right hand. She has a angular ring on her PL hand ring finger and a braided bracelet on her PL hand. The background is not focused.

Topic:

African American  Search this

American South  Search this

Business  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Labor  Search this

Poverty  Search this

Resistance  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2014.23.12.8

Restrictions & Rights:

© Doris A. Derby

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

See more items in:

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Photographs and Still Images

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c19e1610-bf32-4793-9078-9758a37e1e66

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.23.12.8