Film still of Julius Carry and Taimak in The Last Dragon: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Color film still from The Last Dragon depicting Julius Carry, as Sho'nuff, pushing a man's head into a pool of orange liquid. Carry is wearing a red robe and red pants. An embroidered tiger can be seen on the proper right shoulder of the robe. The man being pushed into the liquid is shirtless. A person's left arm holding a piece of tape can be seen in the photograph's background.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1985
• Subject of: de Passe Entertainment, founded 1968
• Created by: Louis Goldman
• Subject of: Julius J. Carry III, American, 1952 - 2008
• Subject of: Taimak, American, born 1964
• Owned by: Julius J. Carry III, American, 1952 - 2008
• Type: film stills
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Film
• Object number: 2013.49.13.7
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, "I am the Master, Sho'Nuff!" Gift of Naomi Carry in loving memory of Julius J. Carry, III
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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