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date: label: Date
content: 2019; printed 2021
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: This is a color archival pigment print from a digital file. The photograph depicts a full-length image of five women in orange and light blue carnival-like outfits during the West Indian Day parade in Brooklyn, New York. Staggered as two, one, two on a staircase, the five women are all posing with one hand on their hip and the other holding an orange and light blue flag on a black pole. They are all wearing the same carnival outfit: a matching light blue bra top with orange trim and dangling beads, an orange belt with accents of light blue and dangling beads, and light blue bottoms. On their heads is a large headpiece decorated with orange gems, light blue feathers, and orange feathers. The outfits are accessorized with dangly light blue earrings, a matching choker with, orange and light blue bands on each bicep and below each knee, and gold-colored sneakers. The two women in the front row have the Guyana flag tucked into their belt. They are standing on the entrance staircase of a red brick townhouse. The steps are grey concrete with red brick rises. The door at the top of the stairs is white with red trim.
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Guyana, Caribbean, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Holidays and festivals
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
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: 2021.63.12
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: digital prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jamel Shabazz
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment-based ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)