A collection of family memorabilia: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a collection of family memorabilia above a piano. The fallboard is closed over the keys of the piano and a lace doily is placed in the center. Several framed photographs and an obituary are placed on the fallboard and are placed around the mirror above. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1979; printed 2007
• Photograph by: Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, American, born 1951
• Printed by: ModernAge Photographic Services, American
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: digital prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 15/16 × 19 7/16 in. (32.9 × 49.4 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 20 × 23 7/8 in. (50.8 × 60.6 cm)
• Place captured: Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Domestic life
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rural life
• Object number: 2014.310.11
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Generously donated by Bank of America Corporation
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.