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Death

2011

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A framed color archival pigment print “Death" by Ayana V. Jackson. Jackson is captured in color at the center of the photograph, naked and hanging from a noose with her arms by her side. Her hair is pulled back. The background is a black and white negative image of trees and a house on either side in the back. It is vertically mirrored at the center, where Jackson is.

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

Catalog reference: 2023.39.23ab

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