Object Details
- Photograph by
- Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Description
- This is a color archival pigment print from a digital file. The photograph depicts a close-up of a woman from the shoulders up with a blurred, dark background during the Puerto Rican Day parade. Her hair is slicked back, and the Puerto Rican flag is draped over her proper left shoulder, with the white star facing forward. The woman wears gold-colored bamboo hoop earrings and a glittered masquerade mask mimicking the Puerto Rican flag. The mask is decorated with three rhinestones and a cluster of five feathers at the top of red, white, and blue.
- There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
- 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
- 2010; printed 2021
- Object number
- 2021.63.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jamel Shabazz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- pigment prints
- portraits
- digital prints
- Medium
- pigment-based ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
- Place depicted
- Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Clothing and dress
- Communities
- Costume
- Folklife
- Holidays and festivals
- Identity
- Photography
- Urban life
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2021.63.10
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55149da24-cf92-4937-baac-a470ea675636
