Photograph of Carl Harvey playing Rastacasta electric guitar on stage: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a color photograph of Carl Harvey playing his prototype custom ESP Rastacasta electric guitar onstage. Shown from the waist up, he wears a black t-shirt with a white circular design in the center of the chest. Around the circumference of the design is white text that reads " SIERRA NEVADA WORLD MUSIC [illegible] - JULY [illegible]." He has a gold pendant around his neck. On his head he wears a red patterned bandana and sunglasses. He is carrying a red, yellow and green striped guitar with a black shoulder strap with a pattern of red and yellow marijuana leaves. In the background are Jumbotron screens. Along the bottom margin is the photographer’s name in white text, partially cut off. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2012-2017
• Subject of: Carl Harvey, Jamaican Canadian, born 1958
• Photograph by: Susan J. Weiand, American
• Type: color photographs
• Medium: ink on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 4 × 6 in. (10.2 × 15.2 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: African diaspora
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Reggae (Music)
• Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
• Object number: 2021.102.6.3
• 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: © Susan J. Weiand Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.