Print of a woman with a spear and gun
date: label: Date
content: 1969
name: label: Designed by
content: Emory Douglas, American, born 1943
label: Distributed by
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: This print depicts a woman carrying a spear in her left hand and another weapon on her back, the muzzle of which rises above her left shoulder. She wears a mottled green and mauve shirt with an orange scarf around her neck, and large oval earrings. Pink and brown lines radiate from her. In the top right corner is text that reads "Afro-American solidarity/ with the oppressed/ People of the world." In the bottom right corner is the artist signature "Emory '69." In the margin below the image are two blocks of text and in the center is an image of a black panther. On the bottom right the text reads "Ministry of Information/ Box 2967, Custom House/ San Francisco, CA 94126." On the bottom left the text reads "Revolutionary art by/ Minister of Culture/ EMORY."
place: label: Place made
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
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: 2015.97.11.2
objectType: label: Type
content: prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Artists Rights Society
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 16 5/8 × 11 1/2 in. (42.3 × 29.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 22 11/16 × 14 15/16 in. (57.7 × 37.9 cm)