Dima Srouji, Maternal Labour 9, 2024

40 x 28 x 0.3 cm

Print on raw aluminium

A series of prints on aluminum, 'Maternal Labour' celebrates the real women often labeled as “basket girls” who were hired by western institutions in the 20th century to excavate the land that they owned and cultivated for centuries to extract valuable artefacts that were then displaced.

Images are sourced from the Palestine Exploration Fund and the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection.