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Woman with Tambourine

1995

United States, North and Central America

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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 black-and-white photograph by Kenneth Royster of a woman with tambourine. There is a woman on the right side of the image, mostly out of frame. The side of her torso and her hands are visible. She is holding a tambourine in her right hand and hitting the drumhead with her left hand. She is wearing rings, a watch, and a bracelet on her left hand. There are two (2) individuals in the background. The three (3) figures are wearing white. The edge of the negative is partially visible around the image. There is a numerical inscription on the reverse.

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Catalog reference: 2018.41.11

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