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Photograph of Carl Harvey playing Rastacasta electric guitar on stage

2012-2017

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.

This is a color photograph of Carl Harvey playing his prototype custom ESP Rastacasta electric guitar onstage. Shown from the waist up, he wears a black tee-shirt with an image and white text on the chest. Both image and text are obscured by his guitar strap that is worn diagonally across his chest. His black shoulder strap has a pattern of red, yellow and green marijuana leaves. He is wearing a bandana on his head and sunglasses, and a gold pendant around his neck. He is playing a red, yellow and green striped guitar. Red stage lights can be seen in the background. The back is blank.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2021.102.6.4

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