<I>An Ode to Yemaya</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Deana Lawson, American, born 1979
notes: label: Description
content: A pigment print photograph in a mirrored frame depicting the photographer's young daughter with an unidentified older woman in a home in Salvador, Brazil. The girl stands on a couch with a draped red cover. She wears an elaborate gold crown with a center fish design from which hang strands of delicate gold beads across her face. She holds a small scepter surmounted with a broad, leaf-shaped structure with a ring of white beads at the center. She has a band of gold-colored silk material across her chest and a full skirt of black tulle with a pattern of silver metallic circles. She is barefoot, and stands next to the older woman, who is seated on the red couch. The woman wears a short-sleeved dress in a black and white pattern and is also barefoot. The couch sits in front of a turquoise painted wall and on a black and white tiled floor. The photograph is situated in a mirrored frame, custom designed by the photographer.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Latin America, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Spirituality
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.16
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Deana Lawson
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper with mirrored glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Frame): 75 7/8 × 60 1/2 × 2 5/8 in. (192.7 × 153.7 × 6.7 cm)