<I>Brooklyn Mosque</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
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white gelatin silver print group portrait of teenage boys at a Brooklyn mosque.
label: Description
content: There are fourteen (14) boys visible, posed inside of a small wood-paneled room, with two older men standing along the left-hand side of the group. Most of the group stands, while two boys kneel in front, facing each other, their heads turned toward the camera. Most of their clothing is dark, with many in black or camouflage print fatigue jackets. All but one wear dark-colored knit skullcaps, or taqiyahs. The boy in the middle has a white square sign with a round emblem printed on it. Behind them on the wall is a dark-colored banner with Arabic writing in a lighter shade. The photograph is set in matte white backing with a white printed 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: Communities
label: Topic
content: Islam
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Spirituality
label: Topic
content: Youth
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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: 2022.18.1
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): 5 1/2 × 8 11/16 in. (14 × 22 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 6 15/16 × 10 in. (17.7 × 25.4 cm)