Chromogenic color print of X Clan and Isis
date: label: Date
content: 1990
name: label: Photograph by
content: Ernie Paniccioli, American, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: X Clan, American, founded 1989
label: Subject of
content: Isis, American, born 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A chromogenic color photographic print of hip hop artists X Clan and Isis captured in New York, New York by Ernest Paniccioli, 1990.
label: Description
content: This photograph depicts Isis at center, surrounded by the four members of X Clan. The group is posing in front of two red, black, and green striped Pan-African flags. From left to right are Lumumba Robert Carson, “Professor X the Overseer”; Lin Que Ayoung, “Isis”; Anthony Hardin, “Suga Shaft the Rhythm Provider”; Jason Hunter, “Brother J the Grand Verbalizer”; Claude Paradise Gray, “Paradise the Architect.” All five individuals wear gold ear and nose jewelry and matching black hats with red and green Egyptian Ankh symbols on the fronts. The men of X Clan all wear a combination of chunky beads necklaces, either black, orange, yellow and white, alongside Ankh pendants. Professor X the Overseer (leftmost) wears black sunglasses and a black blazer. Isis has long black ringlet curls showing from beneath her hat; she wears a light grey jacket, and a green quilted top. Behind her, Suga Shaft the Rhythm Provider, mostly blocked from view, wears a black jacket. Brother J the Grand Verbalizer wears a green top (and at least Ankhs around his neck). At right, Paradise the Architect, wears large square eyeglasses and a black top and jacket. An Endura paper watermark and printing codes are visible on the verso.
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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: 2021.65
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ernie Paniccioli
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 9 5/16 × 13 7/8 in. (23.7 × 35.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)