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Afrika Bambaataa

1985-2003

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 color photograph of Afrika Bambaataa. He is posed against a blue background and wears sunglasses, a striped hat, and a black and red jacket with an emblem of the continent of Africa on his right side and his name on the left. He also wears his many layered necklaces with round medallions. The artist's signature is etched in the bottom left corner of the image. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

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Catalog reference: 2015.132.332

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