A carpet sample of the Barcelona design from Malene Barnett. The carpet sample has a dark tan background with a lighter tan design. At the top left corner the lines form part of a flower and below it are three lines in the shape of a wave. On the back of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.18.6
A carpet sample of the Batik design from Malene Barnett. The carpet sample is made from Tibetan wool and Chinese silk and has an abstract design. The top left side of the sample has a dark purple background and the bottom right side of the sample has a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.18.5
A carpet sample of the Chiapas design from Malene Barnett. The carpet sample is made from bamboo silk and wool and has a design in the shape of an eye at the center surrounded by multiple layers. The center of the eye is a white and black circle. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.18.4
A carpet sample of the Mendhi design from Malene Barnett. The carpet sample is red with patches of pink, orange, and white mixed in. At the bottom of the carpet is a design that is part of a hand with different lined designs on each finger. The rest of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.18.1
A carpet sample of the Mustique design from Malene Barnett. The carpet is made from light brown and blue jute with a flatweave technique. The design of the carpet has two columns of blue diamonds with designs at their center. The designs on the columns of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.18.8
A carpet sample of the Papunya design from Malene Barnett. The carpet sample has a dark brown background with a brown, orange, tan, yellow, and blue abstract design. The design consists of multiple circles of each color creating different lines and shapes…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.18.7
A carpet sample of the St. George design from Malene Barnett. The carpet sample is hand-knotted with tan and gold silk and wool. The carpet sample has a gold hourglass shape design on the right side. The hourglass shape has an oval at the center and is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.18.2
A carpet sample of the St. George design from Malene Barnett. The carpet sample is tan with a black design. The design consists of two rows of black hourglass shaped lines with horizontal lines going through them. Inside of the hourglass shapes are two…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.18.3
Carrie Allen McCray (October 4, 1913 – July 25, 2008) was an African-American writer. She was from Lynchburg Virginia and became the first board of directors of the South Carolina Writers Workshop.
Carolina Mercer Langston (January 18, 1873 – June 3, 1938) was an American writer and actress. She was the mother of poet, playwright and social activist Langston Hughes.
Carrie Mae Weems (born April 20, 1953) is an American artist working in text, fabric, audio, digital images and installation video, and is best known for her photography. She achieved prominence through her early 1990s photographic project The Kitchen…
A black-and-white photograph of blues and jazz singer Carrie Smith performing at a concert in Charlotte, NC. Smith is photographed from a low angle and to the left. Her hands are positioned on either side of the mic stand she sings into. Her shoulders are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.164.146
Carrie Williams Clifford (September 1862 in Chillicothe, Ohio – November 10, 1934) was an author, clubwoman, and activist in the women's rights and civil rights movements in the United States.
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