Digital film still of Chadwick Boseman in Black Panther: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A digital film still of Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther in the film Black Panther. The still is from an early scene in the film and features Boseman, pictured from the waist up, wearing the Black Panther suit and mask, standing in front of a jeep. The costume consists of a textured black suit with a panther claw necklace at the chest and neck, and a full mask resembling a panther head. The mask and suit feature raised geometric motifs of diamonds and triangles.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: January 11, 2017
• Photograph by: Matt Kennedy
• Produced by: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1939
• Distributed by: The Walt Disney Company, American, founded 1923
• Directed by: Ryan Kyle Coogler, American, born 1986
• Subject of: Chadwick Boseman, American, 1977 - 2020
• Type: film stills
• Type: digital images
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 3840 pixels × 5760 pixels
• Dimensions: File size: 63.32 MB
• Place captured: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2018.39.3.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Company, © Marvel/ Matt Kennedy
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Marvel/ Matt Kennedy Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.