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Door of No Return and Door of Return

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Description: Door of No Return and Door of Return
TitleDoor of No Return and Door of Return
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureUnknown
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date2005
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsUnknown
LocationCape Coast Castle, Ghana
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsCastles--GhanaSlavery--Africa--HistoryTourism
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Chapter 10. Roots Tourism and the Slave Ship Icon
Cheryl Finley
Description: Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship Icon
Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship Icon
IN 1977, Romare Bearden was commissioned by TV Guide to illustrate its cover story announcing the premiere of Roots: An American Family Saga, based on Alex Haley’s best-selling novel of the previous year...
Author
Cheryl Finley
PublisherPrinceton University Press
CopyrightCopyright © 2018 by Princeton University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.233-249
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00260.011
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21711&redirecttoanchor=69828
Chapter subject tags:Slave shipsBearden, Romare, 1911-1988African diasporaCastles--GhanaHaley, Alex. RootsVisual metaphorTransatlantic slave trade in artAfrican Americans--GenealogyMarley, BobTourism--West Africa

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Creator nameWeems, Carrie Mae
Creator name (description)From an original daguerreotype taken by Joseph T. Zealy, 1850
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1995–1996
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsToned gelatin silver print. C-print with sandblasted text on glass
Dimensions26 3/4 x 22 in. (67.9 x 55.8 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/45579
Accession number70.1997.1–34
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Creator name (description)From an original daguerreotype taken by Joseph T. Zealy, 1850
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1995–1996
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsToned gelatin silver print. C-print with sandblasted text on glass
Dimensions26 3/4 x 22 in. (67.9 x 55.8 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/45579
Accession number70.1997.1–34
From Here I Saw What Happened and I...
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Creator nameWeems, Carrie Mae
Creator name (description)From an original daguerreotype taken by Joseph T. Zealy, 1850
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1995–1996
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsToned gelatin silver print. C-print with sandblasted text on glass
Dimensions26 3/4 x 22 in. (67.9 x 55.8 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/45579
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From Here I Saw What Happened and I...
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Object typePhotograph
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Dimensions26 3/4 x 22 in. (67.9 x 55.8 cm)
LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/45579
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Creator nationality/cultureGuyanese
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1969−1970
Object typePainting
MaterialsAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions212.7 × 183.2 cm. (83 3/4 × 72 1/8 in.)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/499035
Accession number2011.590.2
Night Journey
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Jack
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameZealy, Joseph T.
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1850
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsDaguerreotype
Dimensions4 11/16 x 3 13/16 x 13/16 in. (11.9 x 9.7 x 2.1 cm)
LocationPeabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1850
Object typePhotograph
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Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1869
Object typePhotograph
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Accession numberFO 84/1310
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Portrait of Jem
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameZealy, Joseph T.
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1850
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsDaguerreotype
Dimensions4 11/16 x 3 13/16 x 13/16 in. (11.9 x 9.7 x 2.1 cm)
LocationPeabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8443/peabody/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/2/title-desc?t:state:flow=c963b504-1773-471e-99a1-776dde904982
Accession number35-5-10/53047
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