Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and a woman in African textiles
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: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
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 and a woman in traditional African clothing. The image depicts Etta Moten Barnett wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt. She is standing next to another woman who is wearing a long skirt in a traditional African textile pattern, and a short sleeve blouse in a different, darker pattern. Draped over her right shoulder is a length of textile with a lighter pattern. The textile has fringed and beaded ends. The woman is wearing a striped headwrap that Etta Moten Barnett is adjusting with both hands. Etta Moten Barnett is gazing at the woman. The woman is gazing directly ahead at the viewer. She is standing in front of a deep round carved wooden mortar on the floor and holds a long carved wooden pestle inside it with both hands. Both women stand inside a room with a large map of Africa on the back wall. Next to them is chest of drawers with textiles folded on top. A wicker chair and piles of objects are partially visible along the right-hand margin. 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: A2022.13.1.35.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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 5/8 × 10 5/16 in. (27 × 26.2 cm)