<I>Folk Tales, The Leopard Woman</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1990s
name: label: Created by
content: Malene Djenaba Barnett, American
notes: label: Description
content: A painting titled “Folk Tales, The Leopard Woman” mounted on a board with text beside it. At the center of the painting is a family with a woman wearing an orange dress, headband, and gold jewelry and she is carrying a baby on her back. The man is wearing a purple outfit and is carrying a brown walking stick. In the background is a blue sky and black and green land. The image of the family has a black square border around it. In a larger square around the image of the family is a yellow, green, and blue design. The design consists of yellow and orange curved shapes along the outer edge and at the center is a blue background and four green curved shapes. There is a blue rectangle at the top and bottom of the painting. At the top left corner of the painting is a red square with black circles at the center of it and at the bottom left corner is a blue one. Along the left and right edges are rectangles with a black line through the center creating multiple triangles that are blue, green, yellow, purple, and red. At the top right corner is a green square with black circles at the center of it and at the bottom is a yellow one. On the right side of the board beside the painting is white text with details about the design being used for rugs and pillows. There are some letters missing. Underneath the white text is a white paper with black text. The black text tells a story about the family at the center of the painting. There is mold and water damage at the bottom left corner of the front and back of the board. The board is signed in black ink at the top left corner on the back. At the bottom left side is a white sticker with black text. At the center of the sticker is [Malene Djenaba Barnett] in black with an address at the bottom and a phone number at the top left corner.
place: label: Place made
content: New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
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: 2025.18.22
objectType: label: Type
content: paintings
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: paint on cardboard and ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)