Coral, green, white, and gold beaded top (.1) and pleated coral pants (.2) by Mary McFadden. The tank top (.1) has a scooped neck and is made from gold and white gauze that is heavily beaded. Long beaded fringe hangs from the front and back sides, with the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.141.30.1-.2
A beaded necklace from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The single strand necklace is strung primarily with blue, white, and pearl colored seed beads. The seed beads are strung in small groupings separated by silvered, mauve colored, glass tube beads. At the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.7
A beaded orange velvet sleeveless evening top and matching skirt. The top (a) has a high band collar and is made of orange silk velvet embellished with clear iridescent glass bugle and sea beads with hexagons and geometric patterning. The collar is heavily…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.657ab
White beaded clutch purse used by Dinah Washington. The purse is oval in shape with a top hinged metal opening. The body is covered entirely in short loops of white iridescent seed beads. A short chain link handle is attached to the hinged opening. Clear…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.63.1
Donor notes read: "Beads from Asamang being ground by power grinders just outside Kumasi. Asante bead making village, Asamang; outside of Kumasi, Feb. 15, 1986. The date on the slide is MAR 86.".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-2014
Donor notes read: "Beads from Asamang being ground by power grinders just outside Kumasi. Kumasi trip, Feb. 14-16, 1986. The date on the slide is MAR 86.".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0255
This pair of Beady cufflinks is designed and created by Art Smith. Each cufflink has a cufflink face of a rounded and polished pink rhodochrosite, a post made of 14k gold, and a movable toggle of a rounded and polished lapis lazuli with a 14k wire wrapped…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.12.17ab
Beulah Elizabeth Richardson (July 12, 1920 – September 14, 2000), known professionally as Beah Richards and Bea Richards, was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She was also a poet, playwright, author and activist. Richards was nominated…
A black and white photograph of an unidentified group of performers by Arthur Leipzig. There are six (6) individuals in the image and another figure wearing a hat partially visible on the right. At the left there is a woman in a dark top tucked into a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.60.2
A wooden board for bean bag toss game depicting a caricature of a clown. The front board is rectangular in shape and is raised and is held in place by triangular side boards. The front and sides are painted maroon. A clown's face has been painted on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.7.264
Dwight Equan Grant (born March 6, 1974), better known by his stage name Beanie Sigel, is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his association with Jay-Z and his label Roc-A-Fella Records, to which he signed in 1998. His…
Donor notes read: "Beans growing on an upland farm. Taken Oct.- Nov. 1978 during P.C. Agriculture Training at Mabonto. The date on the slide is FEB 79.".
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1320
Matt Jewel (August 31, 1935 – April 7, 1996) was an American professional wrestler who became popular in the 1960s. Despite racial tension in the United States, he became wildly popular as a babyface in Alabama. During his career he teamed with Len Rossi…
