<I>Rasta Church in Bedstuy, Procession</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2007; printed 2021
name: label: Photograph by
content: Chester Higgins, American, born 1946
label: Subject of
content: The Church Haile Selassie I, Jamaican American, founded 1987
label: Subject of
content: Emperor Haile Selassie, Ethiopian, 1892 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A pigment print photograph depicting the Rastafarian community at the Brooklyn site of The Church Haile Selassie I, in the middle of a service. Men and women stand in wooden pews facing the red curtained front of the church where there is a candlelit altar and yellow-cloth podium. In the aisle of the small church, a procession of clergymen dressed in gold robes with trim in the Ethiopian colors of red, yellow, and green walks carrying various objects representative of Haile Selassie. The front priest holds open a striped book with a drawing of Ethiopian emperor, Haile Selassie I. The clergy behind him carries a long pole with a large silver Star of David as its head, also wrapped in the Ethiopian colors. Two final clergymen follow the first two. On the left of the photograph, partially visible, is a framed color painting of Haile Salassie I, dressed in formal military hat and jacket. The photograph is set in matte white backing and on the reverse is Chester Higgins’s Eye of Horus trademark stamp and signature.
place: label: Place captured
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rastafarianism
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Spirituality
label: Topic
content: Worship services
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
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: 2022.18.4
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Chester Higgins, All Rights Reserved
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 6 × 9 in. (15.3 × 22.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 6 15/16 × 10 in. (17.7 × 25.4 cm)