T. Ortega Gaines
A Strong Connection to the Motherland

A Strong Connection to the Motherland
A Strong Connection to the Motherland
A Strong Connection to the Motherland
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Strong Connection to the Motherland
Date1990
PlaceSheldon, North Carolina, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 13 × 19 3/8 inches (33 × 50.9 cm)
sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 inches (40.3 × 52.7 cm)
mat: 19 15/16 × 26 1/16 inches (52.5 × 67 cm)

Credit LineThe Songs of My People Collection, gift of New African Visions, Time Warner Inc., and Warner Cable, Houston
Object number94.502
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibition "Song of My People", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 25 - November 20, 1994; MFA,H permanent collection.

Exhibited in "Songs of My People" at three branches of the Houston Public Library. February 2 - July 18, 2004 as part of the Education Department's Traveling Library Exhibitions.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The photograph is not signed or dated.

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