Photograph of Suliaman El-Hadi and an unidentified man: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Color photograph of Suliaman El-Hadi and an unidentified man folding their arms and looking in to the camera. The man on the left is wearing a maroon suit jacket over an orange t-shirt. El-Hadi and is shown wearing a blue cloak.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1990
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Suliaman El-Hadi, American, 1936 - 1995
• 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 × 5 1/2 in. (9.5 × 14 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Spoken word (Poetry)
• Object number: 2014.40.9.4
• 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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