Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and a woman examining a map of Africa: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and a woman examining a map of Africa: Date: ca. 1960. Photograph by: Isaac Sutton, 1923 - 1995. Subject of: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.
The object in the museum catalogue
This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and another woman examining a large map of Africa hanging on the wall. Wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt, Etta Moten Barnett stands to the side of the map and points to the country of Liberia with her right arm outstretched. The woman standing next to her wears a light grey dress with double breasted black button up the front and a black belt. She has a large brooch at her left shoulder. She turns her heads slightly to the right towards Etta Moten Barnett and gazes directly at the map on the wall. The photographer’s stamp is on the back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1960
- Photograph by: Isaac Sutton, 1923 - 1995
- Subject of: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
- Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
- Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 10 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (26 × 26 cm)
- Place depicted: Africa
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Women
- Object number: A2022.13.1.35.8
- 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: © Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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