<I>Plátano Pride</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2006
name: label: Created by
content: Miguel Luciano, born 1972
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Caption
content: The artist of the silver plantain necklace/interactive art piece, Miguel Luciano, captured this image when he allowed students in Brooklyn to play with the sculpture while he took photographs. The unidentified student pictured here came naturally to this pose, which suggests pride in the artwork as a symbol of his Caribbean Latinx culture and identity.
label: Description
content: This is a color chromogenic print with an aluminum frame and acrylilc glazing. The image, titled Plátano Pride, depicts a young, unidentified Afro-Puerto Rican, Brooklyn-born student dressed in an oversized white t-shirt with a plantain-shaped platinum pendant on a sterling silver curb chain (NMAAHC 2021.70.1). The young boy wears a serious expression, cocking his head to the side and holding out a sculpture / jewelry piece with his proper right thumb. He is posed against a black background.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America
label: Place depicted
content: Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Immigration
label: Topic
content: Migrations
label: Topic
content: Multilingual communication
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Pure Plantainium
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Movement
content: Nuyorican Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.70.2
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Miguel Luciano
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on photographic paper in Plexiglas with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) backing
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (framed): 40 × 30 × 2 in. (101.6 × 76.2 × 5.1 cm)