<I>Salat</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1990; printed ca. 2000
name: label: Photograph by
content: Chester Higgins, American, born 1946
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white gelatin silver print photograph depicting a man performing salat, the ritual prayer of Muslims. The man is shown kneeling on a prayer rug inside a large, otherwise empty room. He faces the right side of the image with his eyes closed and hands raised in supplication. He wears a light-colored skullcap and long tunic, his sandals on the floor behind his bare feet. A dark doorway and a few steps are set into the wall behind him. The photograph is set in matte white backing, with a printed white gallery label on the reverse.
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: Faith
label: Topic
content: Islam
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Prayer
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: 2022.18.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver 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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 6 1/8 × 8 9/16 in. (15.5 × 21.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 6 15/16 × 10 in. (17.7 × 25.4 cm)