Memory jugs: memorial or whimsy? [typescript] ; 2001 Nov.

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Memory jugs: memorial or whimsy? [typescript] ; 2001 Nov.

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Essay discussing origins of memory jugs as a part of an African American tradition (6 sheets of text followed by 40 sheets of full-color illustrations); memory jugs refers to a folk art tradition in which buttons, doll parts, shells etc. are attached to a vessel perhaps as an outgrowth of African American funerary tradtions.

1 folder (46 sheets : ill. ; 28 cm.)

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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