Journal owned by Saul Williams
date: label: Date
content: 2000
name: label: Created by
content: Saul Williams, American, born 1972
notes: label: Description
content: Bound journal of notes and poetry (.3a). Journal is white with brown binding on the spine. On the front on the left side is a portion of cut burlap with a black stipe pattern on the left and right edges. Underneath the burlap in the lower third and lower right corner is a piece of reddish-brown paper. Inside pages are made of dark brown paper, with inserted brown burlap as the end pages. A yellow paper pocket in the lower half of the inside front cover holds additional pages of poetry. On the right edge of the pocket is an adhered light pink dried flower. Back cover has a strip of reddish-brown paper attached under the brown binding of the spine that covers the white cover in the lower third.
label: Description
content: There are six loose scraps of paper with handwritten poems:
label: Description
content: (.3b) Blue ticket stub with poem written in black ink
label: Description
content: (.3c) Oval grey scrap paper with poem written in black ink
label: Description
content: (.3d) Oval white scrap paper with poem written in black ink
label: Description
content: (.3e) Elongated oval black scrap paper with poem written in white ink
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content: (.3f) Elongated oval black scrap paper with poem written in white ink
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content: (.3g) Retangular white scrap paper with poem written in red ink
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Language
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Musical Crossroads
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Saul Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.188.3a-g
objectType: label: Type
content: journals (accounts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Saul Williams
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper, burlap, plant material
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 8 1/2 × 105 in. (27.6 × 21.6 × 266.7 cm)