Photograph of Pete Cosey playing Mondo guitar in Japan: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Black-and-white photograph on wooden substrate depicting Pete Cosey playing a guitar. Cosey wears sunglasses, and blur of the image suggests photograph was taken while he was moving with the music. Image has abrasion on face and accretion close to the beard. Wood substrate is dented in places, especially along the edge.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1973
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Pete Cosey, American, 1943 - 2012
• Type: photographs
• Type: portraits
• Medium: wood
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 15 3/4 × 12 13/16 × 13/16 in. (40 × 32.5 × 2.1 cm)
• Place depicted: Japan, Asia
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Photography
• Object number: 2021.105.11
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Karumah, Dunni, Ishmak, Aribania and Mariama Cosey in memory of Baba Pete Cosey
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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