Homemade Finger Pointing-Good-by Mother--Hindustan Cemetery, Hindustan
Title
Homemade Finger Pointing-Good-by Mother--Hindustan Cemetery, Hindustan
Subject
Pointing fingers
Hands
Homemade
Description
This is a homemade tombstone, likely inscribed by this mother's children. No name or dates visible. The iconography of a hand with a finger pointing upward represents the Christian notion of the path towards heaven.
Creator
Montgomery, Pauline
Source
Pauline Montgomery Indiana tombstone photographs and records, Collection C386
Ledger pg. 96, entry no. 3
Publisher
Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Date
1962
Contributor
Meyer, Matthew
Morrison, Katherine
Rights
Copyright owner: Indiana University
Format
Photograph
Identifier
Donor image number 956
Coverage
Hindustan Cemetery, Hindustan
Monroe County
Citation
Montgomery, Pauline, “Homemade Finger Pointing-Good-by Mother--Hindustan Cemetery, Hindustan,” Indiana University Archives Exhibits, accessed April 26, 2024, https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/iubarchives/items/show/960.