Photograph of Big Daddy Kane getting a shape up: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Big Daddy Kane getting a shape up: Date: July 12, 1989; printed 2003. Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Subject of: Big Daddy Kane, American, born 1968.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of Big Daddy Kane getting his hair trimmed. Kane is sitting in the foreground with a cape draped over his shoulders. His head is tilted to his left as the barber uses electric clippers to shape Kane's box top hair style. The barber is shirtless and also sports a box top, with cuts at his right temple. There is an inscription on the back with the subject, photographer, and date written by Bill Adler.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: July 12, 1989; printed 2003
- Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963
- Subject of: Big Daddy Kane, American, born 1968
- Printed by: Bill Adler, American, born 1951
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 × 8 5/8 in. (33 × 21.9 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Beauty salons (Beauty shops)
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Hair
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2015.132.267
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 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: © Al Pereira Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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