Digital print of Lady Saw: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Two prints of a black and white composite photograph of Lady Saw.

The print depicts two side-by-side images of Lady Saw, wearing a black bra with her hair pulled back in a ponytail. On the left, Saw is posed with her head turned to the left and smiling, her thumbs hooked in the bra and her hands gripping her chest. On the right, her head is tilted to the right and her mouth slightly open, her thumbs hooked in the bra and her fingers splayed outwards.

On the verso of 2015.132.58.1 is a handwritten inscription by Bill Adler reading [Lady Saw, Mid-90's, by Tim Barrow]. The verso of 2015.132.58.2 has a repeating Kodak paper mark.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: mid 1990s
• Photograph by: Tim Barrow, English
• Subject of: Lady Saw, Jamaican, born 1972
• Type: portraits
• Type: inkjet prints
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.58.1 Sheet): 10 7/8 × 14 1/8 in. (27.6 × 35.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.58.1 Image): 6 3/4 × 13 7/16 in. (17.1 × 34.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.58.2 Sheet): 10 15/16 × 14 1/16 in. (27.8 × 35.7 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.58.2 Image): 6 9/16 × 13 1/8 in. (16.6 × 33.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Dancehall (Music)
• Topic: Gesture
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Reggae (Music)
• Object number: 2015.132.58.1-.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• 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: © Tim Barrow Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.