Pebblee Poo At Home: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white photograph of Pebblee Poo posing in her home with a lion statue. Pebblee Poo is pictured center frame wearing a paisley print top. Her body is turned towards the lion statue at the right of frame while her head is turned to look straight at the camera. Her hands rest on top of the lion statue, obscuring the top of its head except for its open mouth and mane. Behind the lion are floral print curtains. On the verso is a handwritten inscription reading [Pebblee Poo At Home by Harry Allen].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1980s
• Photograph by: Harry Allen, American, born 1964
• Subject of: Pebblee Poo, American
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with cardboard and Fome-Cor (TM)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 27 5/16 × 40 1/8 × 1/4 in. (69.3 × 101.9 × 0.7 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 22 5/16 × 33 15/16 in. (56.6 × 86.2 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Domestic life
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.132.49
• 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: © Harry Allen Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.