Donor notes read: "Bakatue Ritual, Elmina; evening of June 30 and morning of July 1, 1986; "Assistant/Junior" Fetish priests and priestess dancing. The date on the slide is AUG 86.".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0580
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A wooden astragal molding plane. There is evidence of older dents, and abrasions, but a dark stain over the entire plane obscures past damage. There are exit holes from past insect activity, with some notable losses of wood that previously covered insect…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.17
A wooden astragal molding plane. There is evidence of older dents, and abrasions, but a dark stain over the entire plane obscures past damage. In relief on the toe is [F*NICHOLSON / LIVING*IN / WRENTHAM].
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.18
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This image depicts several women outside a tent set up along the street. In the foreground is a young woman standing with her back to the camera. She wears a white head wrap, long sleeve white blouse, and light colored vest and skirt. She has glasses and a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.197.11
At Her Best, Sarah Vaughan - Club Oasis, Western Avenue, Central Los Angeles, Calif., 1950 Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 203. A black-and-white photograph of Sarah Vaughan singing at Club Oasis in Los Angeles, California.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.150
An impressionist oil painting titled, At "Smith's Palace," Narragansett Bay, by Edward M. Bannister. The painting depicts a pastoral landscape that features a copse of tall, dark, leafy trees just left of center. Directly in front of the trees is a small…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.117.1
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