Two color photographs mounted on paper
date: label: Date
content: 1995
name: label: Created by
content: Malene Djenaba Barnett, American
notes: label: Description
content: Two color photographs mounted on white paper. The photo at the top of the paper has an illustration of a head at the center. There is a red headband on the head and two red horizontal lines on the forehead, three on each cheek, and one on the chin. The background behind the head is light purple. On either side of the head are rectangles with a red, black, brown, and purple design consisting of multiple diamonds in a vertical line in each color. At the top left corner is another brown, purple, and red design. This design has four vertical lines on the left and four horizontal lines at the bottom with triangles on the right side. At the bottom left corner is a brown and white design with two dark brown circles at the center. At the top right corner is a purple and brown design with two purple half circles at the top and four horizontal lines below it. At the bottom right corner is another design consisting of multiple triangles on the left side and a light purple rectangle on the right. The photo has a dark purple and white border around it.
label: Description
content: The photo on the bottom has six columns with different designs with the same colors as the top photo. The first, third, and fifth column's design consists of multiple diamonds in a vertical line in each color. The second and sixth column's design has multiple designs within the column including three triangles and a rectangle over a tan background at the top. There is also a design with two brown triangles over a light purple background at the center. The fourth column is a dark brown rectangle.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Malene Djenaba Barnett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2025.18.19
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Malene Djenaba Barnett
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paper and ink on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)