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Historical photographs & visual records

Clay pottery container protected with thatching, Natitingou, Benin

2004 November 15

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Clay pottery container protected with thatching. Original Carousel number, 3, slide number, 118.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0380
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Clay storage jars next to a granary, near Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Clay storage jars next to a granary, near Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0870
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Historical photographs & documents

Clayton LeBouef Home Movie #1

Date not recorded

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Super 8 footage of about 4 people traveling in a car. No sound.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref706
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Historical photographs & documents

Clayton LeBouef Home Video #1

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Clayton LeBouef Home Video #1” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref707
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BIOGRAPHY
Arts & Performance

Clayton Nascimento

Biography

Clayton Nascimento is an Afro-Brazilian creative and educator who is a rising figure in modern Brazilian theater.

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Historical photographs & documents

Clayton Riley lecturing at a screening of Ganja and Hess

undated

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Cataloged as “Clayton Riley lecturing at a screening of Ganja and Hess” (Audio; Audio cassette).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref114
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BIOGRAPHY
Arts & Performance

Clé Bennett

1981–

Clé Bennett (born July 13, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He voiced DJ, Beardo, Leonard, and Chef Hatchet from Total Drama, and has portrayed Lemar Hoskins in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cleaning Streets - Tulsa, OK

1971

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A sepia toned digital image of a man wearing white coveralls, gloves and a trilby hat sweeping the street. Another man wearing a white shirt and holding a briefcase is on the left side of the picture. Additional people are walking in the background.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.67.30
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Visual Arts

Clear Day on Ranch

20th century

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A gouache painting of a figure sitting on top of a horse. The figure is orange and rides a black and dark blue horse. Painted on either side of the horse are blue cacti with an orange and blue background. Behind the horse and rider is a landscape with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.111.37
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Music

Clearance Giddens

Dates not recorded

Clearance Giddens is an American Elvis impersonator called "Black Elvis". He performs sporting a pompadour, sideburns, and bright red jumpsuit. Giddens' Black Elvis act regularly appeared on national TV programs in the 1990s, and he was cast as Black Elvis…

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Music

Cleavant Derricks

1953–

Cleavant Derricks Jr. (born May 15, 1953) is an American actor, singer and songwriter, who may be best known for his role of Rembrandt Brown on Sliders.

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Music

Clement Bushay

1955–

Clement "Clem" Bushay (born c. 1955) is a British reggae producer who also ran the Bushays record label.

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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Clement Virgo

1966–

Clement Virgo (born June 1, 1966) is a Jamaican-born Canadian film and television writer, producer and director who runs the production company Conquering Lion Pictures with producer Damon D'Oliveira. Virgo is best known for co-writing and directing an…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Clementina Van der Walt, ceramicist Cape Town, South Africa

Date not recorded

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Clementina's studio is in Paal, outside of Cape Town.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1309
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Clementina Van der Walt's ceramics studio Cape Town, South Africa

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Clementina's studio is in Paal, outside of Cape Town.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1310
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Arts & Performance

Clementine Hunter

Biography

Clementine Hunter (pronounced Clementeen; late December 1886 or early January 1887 – January 1, 1988) was a self-taught Black folk artist from the Cane River region of Louisiana, who lived and worked on Melrose Plantation. Hunter was born into a Louisiana…

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Music

Cleo.

1988–

Cleopatra Humphrey (born 4 November 1988) formerly known by her stage name Mz. Bratt and currently known as Cleo., is an English rapper and singer.

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Music

Cleo Laine

1927–2025

Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth (born Clementine Dinah Bullock; 28 October 1927 – 24 July 2025) was a British singer and actress known for her scat singing. She was the wife of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth and the mother of bassist Alec…

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Biography & Culture

Cleo Parker Robinson

1948–

Cleo Parker Robinson (born July 17, 1948 in Denver, Colorado) is an American dancer and choreographer. She is most known for being the founder, namesake and executive creative director of the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble. She was inducted into the…

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Arts & Performance

Cleo Sylvestre

1945–2024

Cleopatra Mary Palmer (née Sylvestre; 19 April 1945 – 20 September 2024), known professionally as Cleo Sylvestre, was a British actress. She was the first black woman ever to play a leading role at the National Theatre in London, and the first woman to…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Costume

Cleopatra costume armbands worn by Lauren Anderson

2000

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A set of armbands for a Cleopatra costume worn by Lauren Anderson for the Houston Ballet Company. The armbands are composed of a tan colored sheer net fabric, with gold chain trim on both sides and a gold and has a design of three beaded flowers of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.19.3ab
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Clothing - Costume

Cleopatra costume bodice worn by Lauren Anderson

2000

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The bodice of a Cleopatra ballet costume worn by Lauren Anderson for the Houston Ballet Company. The top is a sleeveless, close-fitting, gold and pink bodice hitting above the waist. The majority is gold with metallic thread and gold appliqué along the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.19.2
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Tools and Equipment

Cleopatra costume box from the Houston Ballet Company

2000

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A brown cardboard box with some tears on the top and on the sides. The lid has some staples around the edge. There is handwriting in black ink on top of the lid. It reads [Cleopatra - Rug dress / 1 headband / 1 collar]. There is more handwriting that is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.19.6
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Clothing - Costume

Cleopatra costume collar worn by Lauren Anderson

2000

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The collar for a Cleopatra ballet costume worn by Lauren Anderson for the Houston Ballet Company. The collar is a deep red color with metallic red threads. There is a shiny gold appliqué on the collar in varying shapes, including loops and swirls. There…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.19.4
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