Una Sewing Co-op - Black Dolls A: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1968
• Photograph by: Dr. Doris Derby, American, 1939 - 2022
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Subject of: Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974
• Subject of: Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974
• Type: digital images
• Type: digital media - born analog
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 1144 pixels × 1107 pixels, 0.63 MB
• Place captured: Una, Clay County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Poverty
• Topic: Resistance
• Object number: 2014.23.12.8
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• 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: © Doris A. Derby Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.