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MUSEUM OBJECT
Musical Instruments

Distortion pedalboard owned by Vernon Reid

ca. 2002

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An assortment of electric guitar distortion pedals fastened to a plastic covered plywood board owned by Vernon Reid. The board has a RAT brand pedal, a MRX brand pedal, an Elctro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man pedal and two unidentified foot pedals. The RAT…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.92.3
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Historical photographs & visual records

District Commissioner's Court, Old Calabar

ca. 1890s

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Original caption reads "District Commissioner's Court. O. Calabar.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0013
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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Diunna Greenleaf

1957–

Diunna Greenleaf (born October 6, 1957) is an American blues singer and songwriter. At the 2014 Blues Music Awards, Greenleaf won the Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female), beating fellow nominees Teeny Tucker, Lavelle White, Trudy Lynn, and Zora Young.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Divide between the earth and rock-hewn church, Lalibela, Ethiopia

2010-09-27

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Original Carousel 21, slide 37.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2574
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Divider from a drafting tool kit used by John S. Chase

mid-late 20th century

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Divider from a drafting tool kit used by architect John S. Chase. The metal divider has a grooved handle at the top. The two (2) legs of the divider have a screw closure at the upper join. The ends of the legs are angled and each has a small needle point.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.69.2.7
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Historical photographs & visual records

Divination with cowries, Iwo

1972

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Cataloged as “Divination with cowries, Iwo” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3690
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Biography & Culture

Divine Brown

Biography

Estella Marie Thompson (born 1969 or 1970), known professionally as Divine Brown, is an American former sex worker. She gained media attention in 1995 when the English actor Hugh Grant was caught receiving oral sex from her in his car on Hollywood's Sunset…

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Music

Divine Styler

1968–

Mikal Safeyullah (born Marc Richardson; 1968), better known by his stage name Divine Styler, is an alternative hip hop artist.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Diviner and shrine, Iwo

1972

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Cataloged as “Diviner and shrine, Iwo” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3685
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Diviner in Orisha Oko shrine in forest outside Iwo

1972

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Cataloged as “Diviner in Orisha Oko shrine in forest outside Iwo” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3707
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Historical photographs & visual records

Diviner near Orisha Oko shrine in forest outside Iwo

1972

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Cataloged as “Diviner near Orisha Oko shrine in forest outside Iwo” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3710
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Historical photographs & visual records

Divining Chains, Owo Museum, Owo, Nigeria

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Divining Chains, Owo Museum, Owo, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0423
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Divinity

2020

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An inkjet print self-portrait depicting the photographer, Lola Flash, standing in the middle of an up-ended rowboat, it's interior painted a bright blue. The rowboat stands on its end on a cement pavement against a red brick and black wood wall. Flash,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.57.6
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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Divinity Roxx

Biography

Divinity Roxx (b. 1976) is a two-time Grammy-nominated American recording artist, producer, composer, musician, and author. She was born Debbie Walker to parents Beverly Walker and Raymond Walker Jr.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Dixcove Fort

1986

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Donor notes read: "Dixcove Fort, Jan. 8, 1986. Van Dantzig trip, Jan. 1986. The date on the slide is FEB 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-2008
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Dixcove Fort from Swanzy House

1987

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Donor notes read: "Dixcove Fort from Swanzy House; May 5, 1987. The date on the slide is JUL 87.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0880
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