Digital film still of Nyong'o, Boseman, and Coogler on the set of Black Panther: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A digital film still of Lupita Nyong'o, Chadwick Boseman, and Ryan Coogler on the set of the film Black Panther.

The three are standing on an interior set for Shuri's lab. In the center is a white, curved ramp, next to a curved wall with a grey pentagonal pattern. On the left of the image, standing next to the wall, is Nyong'o. Dressed as the character Nakita, she wears a dark green jacket, dark green pants, and knee-high black boots. She is looking towards Boseman and Coogler, who stand on the ramp. Boseman is wearing the Black Panther body suit, with panther claw necklace and v-shaped banding. He is not wearing the helmet. He is conversation with Coogler, who wears a backwards black baseball cap, black hooded sweatshirt, and blue jeans. He has white fabric shoe coverings on over black sneakers. In the background are other set pieces from Shuri's lab, in front of blue walls. In the foreground is a suspended, Oculus film camera.

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: Lupita Amondi Nyong'o, Mexican Kenyan, born 1983
• Subject of: Chadwick Boseman, American, 1977 - 2020
• Subject of: Ryan Kyle Coogler, American, born 1986
• 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: 4000 pixels × 6000 pixels
• Dimensions: File size: 68.7 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: 2018.39.3.22
• 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.