- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Gravesite Seashells
- Creator:
- Koslowsky, Marlene
- Contributor to Resource:
- Courtesy of Marlene Koslowsky
- Date of Original:
- 2019
- Subject:
- African American cemeteries--Georgia--Athens
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fayette County, Fayetteville, 33.44873, -84.45493
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Seashells and broken pottery, like these at Antioch Baptist Cemetery in Fayetteville, Georgia, were often used to decorate the graves of African American and formerly enslaved people.
Color photograph of seashells on a gravesite - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/black-cemeteries/gravesite-seashells_001
- Original Collection:
- Associated article: Black Cemeteries
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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