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. The woman 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. The woman gazes down at the mortar. 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 baskets 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: A2022.13.1.35.1
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 3/8 × 10 9/16 in. (26.3 × 26.8 cm)