Funeral Procession (painting by Clementine Hunter)

Funeral Procession is a painting by Clementine Hunter.

The painting depicts an African American funeral procession in Louisiana.

Two men leave a church carrying a coffin decorated in flowers.

The coffin is being carried to a freshly dug grave in the foreground, where two religious figures hold crosses over the grave.

[1] In 2013, the piece was included in the Savannah College of Art and Design's exhibit,“Rehearsals: The Practice and Influence of Sound and Movement," for the painting's connection to the African American tradition of musical celebrations for the dead.