The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 13, 2025
The Daufuskie Island Project
c. 1977–82, printed 2019
(American, b. 1951)
© Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
The isolated Daufuskie Island off the coast of South Carolina was one of the places that the Gullah Geechee culture survived into the twentieth century.Description
Between 1977 and 1982, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe photographed the people, homes, and activities of the small, close-knit African American community on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina. They were direct descendants of enslaved Africans brought there centuries ago to work on plantations. Their Gullah Geechee culture, which originated in the 1600s, intermingled African languages and religious practices with the rural English of the era and the Christian beliefs of the plantation owners.- {{cite web|title=The Daufuskie Island Project|url=false|author=Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe|year=c. 1977–82, printed 2019|access-date=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2023.26