Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated next to a collection of baskets
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Photograph by
content: Isaac Sutton, 1923 - 1995
label: Subject of
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated next to a pile of baskets. Wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt, she is seated with her legs tucked underneath her. She is seated on a soft rectangular surface, possibly a mattress, covered with a textile that has light colored stripes and flowerpots in rows. Next to her on the surface is a large, checkered tote bag that appears to be woven. Etta Moten Barnett twists her torso to her right towards a large pile of woven baskets of various shapes, sizes and patterns that are piled next to and behind her. In the photograph she reaches with both hands towards one oval shaped basket with an intricate horizontal pattern. Her gaze is directed towards the basket. Behind her head the ceiling of the room slopes down to meet the wall at her back. There are two small pictures hung on the wall, one of a woman in a chair, the other is obscured by Etta Moten Barnett’s head. The photographer’s stamp is on the back.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Etta Moten Barnett Archive
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
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: A2022.13.1.35.4
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 13/16 × 10 7/16 in. (27.4 × 26.5 cm)