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Three girls wearing choir robes with large triangular hairdos covered in crosses, birds, and fl…
Christmas Tree Hairdo
Three girls wearing choir robes with large triangular hairdos covered in crosses, birds, and fl…
Three girls wearing choir robes with large triangular hairdos covered in crosses, birds, and flowers.
Christmas Tree Hairdo, Maria von Matthiessen, 1997, color print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © 2018 by Malte von Matthiessen.

Christmas Tree Hairdo

Artist (American, 1944 - 2001)
Date1997
Mediumcolor print
DimensionsSight: 18 3/8 × 12 3/16 inches (46.7 × 31 cm)
Portfolio/Series"The Magical Self: African-American Hairdos in Savannah" series
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number2001.11.16
On View
Not on view
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