Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photographic print of Ol' Dirty Bastard on the set of "Shimmy Shimmy Ya"
1995
Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black and white photograph of Ol' Dirty Bastard, captured on the set of the video for "Shimmy Shimmy Ya." ODB is pictured from the chest up, wearing a light colored jersey over a light colored t-shirt. His hand are clasped together in front of his chest. His hair is in thin braids sticking out from his head and his mouth is open to show jeweled fronts on his top teeth. The background is dark grey. On the back of the print is an inscription handwritten by Bill Adler identifying the subject, location, date, and photographer.
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Catalog reference: 2015.132.299
