Plátano Pride: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a color chromogenic print with an aluminum frame and acrylilc glazing. The image, titled Plátano Pride, depicts a young, unidentified Afro-Puerto Rican, Brooklyn-born student dressed in an oversized white t-shirt with a plantain-shaped platinum pendant on a sterling silver curb chain (NMAAHC 2021.70.1). The young boy wears a serious expression, cocking his head to the side and holding out a sculpture / jewelry piece with his proper right thumb. He is posed against a black background.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2006
• Created by: Miguel Luciano, born 1972
• Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: ink on photographic paper in Plexiglas with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) backing
• Dimensions: H x W x D (framed): 40 × 30 × 2 in. (101.6 × 76.2 × 5.1 cm)
• Cultural Place: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America
• Place depicted: Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: African diaspora
• Topic: Foodways
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Identity
• Topic: Immigration
• Topic: Migrations
• Topic: Multilingual communication
• Object number: 2021.70.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
• 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: © Miguel Luciano Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.