Photograph of an unidentified man: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of an unidentified man: Date: 1980s - early 1990s. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
The object in the museum catalogue
Color photograph of a man playing conga while wearing headphones. There is a set of microphones pointed at the drum. The man is wearing a black sweater with grey geometric design, and a multicolored hat.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1980s - early 1990s
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Type: chromogenic color prints
- Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image and sheet): 3 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (9.5 × 16.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Spoken word (Poetry)
- Object number: 2014.40.9.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Qaddafi El-Hadi in memory of Suliaman El-Hadi
- 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: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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