Image used in the video production entitled,"Patterns of Life: West-African Strip Weaving Traditions," produced by Caribiner, Inc. under contract for the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1987. Image taken by Gavin Ashworth, 1987.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1991-005, Item EEPA 1991-050135
Original text on slide reads, "Closeup of man with Naira-Kovo Cloth. (Naira -"New money"This style indicates changing over to something new. 1973-01-01 date of changeover). In reference to hair see L18".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0332
A hardcover book titled Clotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a Tale of the Southern States written by William Wells Brown. The book has a green and brown marble patterned cover and a brown leather spine with gold lettering. The pages are yellowed and have…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.76.10
Cloth bag with drawstring close. The fabric of the bag features highly decorative motifs in red, yellow, pink, white, and black. Bag is a single sheet of cloth sewed closed at two ends. A white fiber cord can be pulled to close the bag.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.105.6.3
Image used in the video production entitled,"Patterns of Life: West-African Strip Weaving Traditions," produced by Caribiner, Inc. under contract for the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1987. Image taken by Gavin Ashworth, 1987.
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1991-005, Item EEPA 1991-050186
A Rhody Brush Company "Mammy" clothes brush with red blouse and a skirt dotted with red polka dots. The long-bristled palm brush has a handle in the doll-like form of a "Mammy." The handle is painted wood, carved to resemble the head and torso of a woman…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.7.53
A long-bristled clothes brush with a handle in the form of a caricatured woman. The woman’s head and body are two, round wood shapes. Her face is painted black with white eyes and a red mouth and she is wearing a yellow hat. A discolored white ribbon is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.7.52
A green prison issued canvas duffle bag used by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in Louisiana. The large rectangular top-load clothes bag features one thick hand strap and one adjustable shoulder strap. There are four…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2018.36.1.28
A clothing label from Mae's Millinery Shop. It is made from cream silk with machine embroidery of silk thread in burgundy and gold that reads "Made Especially / FOR YOU BY". Beneath the embroidery the name "Mae Reeves" is stamped in red ink. The text is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.66.8
A presentation board featuring design ideas for Cross Colours. The mat board is black, nine different colored line drawings with a front and back view are glued to the mat. The designs include three jackets, a vest, a bra, pants, a long-sleeved leotard, a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.76.16.1
The first design presentation board Cross Colours presented featuring denim designs. The mat board is black and has a red background with cut outs of three different designs. Each design is worn by a man in various poses and washes of denim with kente…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.76.16.2
Club Chalamet is a fan account on both Twitter and Instagram for the American and French actor Timothée Chalamet run by Simone Cromer (born September 30, 1966). She created the Twitter account in 2018 after Chalamet's success in Call Me by Your Name…
Program for Club Harlem's upcoming concert season for 1974-1975, with the grand opening June 28, 1974. This was in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the club in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is printed on pink paper with white lettering and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.145.5
Three-stone Cluster Knuckles ring by Art Smith. The two oval-shaped, one circular-shaped stones are each placed in an individual bezel setting and give the illusion of floating next to each other. The largest stone on the bottom right is a forest green…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.108.10
Four-stone Cluster Knuckles ring by Art Smith. The four oval-shaped stones are each placed in an individual bezel setting and give the illusion of floating next to each other in a square pattern. The largest stone on the top left is a magenta color. Below…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.108.9
A coal scuttle made from off-white painted sheet iron alloy shaped with one end designed to pour and the other having a solid handle attached to the body with an additional swinging handle attached at either side of the top through metal loops. The metal…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.42.10
