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The Old Plantation
''The Old Plantation'' is an American folk art watercolor likely painted in the late 18th century on a South Carolina plantation.〔.〕〔.〕〔.〕 It is notable for its early date, its credible, non-stereotypical depiction of slaves on the North American mainland, and the fact that the slaves are shown pursuing their own interests. The artist has been identified as South Carolina slaveholder John Rose, and the painting may depict his plantation in what is now Beaufort County.
==Description and interpretation==
The painting depicts African American slaves between two small outbuildings of a plantation sited on a broad river.〔Shames, p. 8〕 ''The Old Plantation'' is the only known painting of its era that depicts African Americans by themselves, concerned only with each other,〔.〕 though its central activity remains obscure. Some writers have speculated that the painting depicts a marriage ceremony, with the attendant tradition of jumping the broom. However, scholars have suggested that the subjects are performing a secular dance: western African dance patterns traditionally include sticks and a variety of body positions. The headdresses pictured are of West African origin.〔Shames, pp. 11-12.〕
The painting features two male musicians, one of whom is playing a stringed instrument that resembles a Yoruba molo;〔〔.〕 the body of this instrument seems to be a hollow gourd.〔Shames, p. 11〕 The molo is a precursor to the banjo, and this is the earliest known American painting to picture a banjo-like instrument.〔.〕 The second musician is playing a percussion instrument that may be a Yoruba gudugudu.〔〔 The two women hold what look like scarves, but are actually sheguras, rattles made of a gourd enclosed in a net of variable length into which hard objects have been woven.〔Shames, p. 12〕
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