Photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington holding large cymbal: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white gelatin silver photograph of Terri Lyne Carrington holding a large cymbal in a cymbal storage space.

An adolescent Terri Lyne Carrington, with her loose dark hair, is captured wearing a turtleneck shirt, knit jacket and trousers, stands beside a large and extensive cymbal storage rack. Within the photographic frame can be seen four rows and at least four columns worth of variously sized cymbals. In her proper left hand, she holds a very large cymbal which covers her entire arm and shoulder. A small cart on wheels is visible behind Carrington.

On the white reverse of the photograph is an inscription in turquoise felt tip pen near the top, is: [Terri Carrington / Ebony 4-77 not used]. A blue ink stamp identifying the photographer, G. Marshall Wilson, is marked in the middle.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1977
• Photograph by: G. Marshall Wilson
• Subject of: Terri Lyne Carrington, American, born 1965
• Type: black-and-white prints
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 5 15/16 × 9 in. (15.1 × 22.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 7 15/16 × 10 in. (20.2 × 25.4 cm)
• Place captured: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Child musicians
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Music
• Object number: 2021.101.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Terri Lyne Carrington
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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