Digital film still of Kasumba, Bassett, and Wright on the set of Black Panther: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A digital film still of the actresses Florence Kasumba, Angela Bassett, and Letitia Wright during the filming of the movie Black Panther.

Florence Kasumba, as the character Ayo, is on the left side of the image, wearing a Dora Milaje costume. The costume is red and gold with intricately beaded tabard in red, brown, and gold. Leather bands surround the chest, waist, and hips. She wears silver armor plates on her shoulders and a necklace and arm bands of stacked silver rings in the style of the Ndebele tribe's idzila. She holds an upright spear in her proper right hand.

Angela Bassett, as the character Ramonda, is in the center of the image. She is wearing a white crown in the style of a traditional Zulu basket hat, a white dress with metallic threading, and an intricate white filigree mantle. She also wears earrings in the shape of a woman's profile, a bracelet with white quartz crystal pendants, and silver rings. Her hands are clasped in front of her.

Letitia Wright, as the character Shuri, is on the right side of the image. She is wearing her braided hair in two buns on either side of her head. She is wearing a choker necklace made of shells and has tattoos on her proper right wrist and hand. She is wearing a grey sweatshirt with tan, elbow-length bell sleeves with buckles. On the front of the sweatshirt is a black oval with a silver Adinkra symbol for "purpose" on it. She wears pleated silver glitter pants. At her waist is a tan belt with buckles on either side.

All three women wear bracelets of kimoyo beads on their left wrists. They are standing in front of a blue wall.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2017
• Photograph by: Matt Kennedy
• Produced by: Marvel Worldwide, Inc., American, founded 1939
• Directed by: Ryan Kyle Coogler, American, born 1986
• Distributed by: The Walt Disney Company, American, founded 1923
• Subject of: Florence Kasumba, Ugandan, born 1976
• Subject of: Angela Bassett, American, born 1958
• Subject of: Letitia Michelle Wright, Guyanese British, born 1993
• Subject of: Ruth E. Carter, American, born 1960
• Type: film stills
• Type: digital images
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 3264 pixels × 4896 pixels
• Dimensions: File size: 46.78 MB
• Place captured: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2018.39.3.6
• 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

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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.