Photos tagged as gullah

Day_109_-_Penn_Center

This is now a museum, but originally was one of the first, if not the first school set up for freed slaves in the south after the Civil War

• Date: 19 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA
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Day_104_-_Gullah Museum, Hand Tools

These were some of the hand made tools on display at the Gullah museum.

• Date: 14 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Georgetown, USA
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Day_104_-_Gullah Museum, Sweetgrass Baskets

These were for sale and we saw quite a few shops along the 'Sweetgrass Basket' highway. Slaves brought their knowledge of how to weave baskets from Africa with them and adopted them to local grasses and reeds.

• Date: 14 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Georgetown, USA
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Day_104_-_Gullah Museum, Sign

This was a shop, but has been expanded to a somewhat informal museum by the shop owner and his wife.

• Date: 14 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Georgetown, USA
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Day_104_-_Gullah Museum, Midwife Quilt

A midwife would use a quilt like this to explain the birthing process to an expectant mother. Each section illustrates a different step.

• Date: 14 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Georgetown, USA
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Day_104_-_Gullah Museum, History_Quilt

This lovely quilt tells the store of the Gullah people, from being captured and enslaved to America. You can purchase it for about $3,500

• Date: 14 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Georgetown, USA
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Day_104_-_Gullah Museum, Dolls

• Date: 14 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Georgetown, USA
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