Nabintu Bigosi and Nvunanwa Zirimwaga
Object Details
- Description
- A color photograph of Nabintu Bigosi and Nvunanwa Zirimwaga, by Platon. Bigosi and Zirimwaga are partially depicted standing side-by-side and holding hands. Part of each woman’s torso and hip are visible. Bigosi, standing left, is wearing a black Ankara fabric dress with a large white flower pattern. Zirimwaga, standing right, is wearing red Ankara fabric dress with a yellow, black, and gold concentric circular patterns overlaid with and pattern of gold bead strands and has a thin, silver tone bangle on her wrist. At the center of the photograph the two women are holding hands with their wrists crossed and hands held palm-to-palm. The background of the photograph is bright white. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- 2016; printed 2019
- Object number
- 2021.33.73
- Photograph by
- Platon, British, born 1968
- Subject of
- Nabintu Bigosi
- Nvunanwa Zirimwaga
- Maison Dorcas, Congolese
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Platon
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- pigment prints
- portraits
- Medium
- pigment on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 17 1/16 × 16 7/8 in. (43.4 × 42.8 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
- H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place captured
- Bukavu, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Topic
- African American
- Health
- Humanitarianism
- Mental health
- Music
- Photography
- Singers (Musicians)
- Violence
- Women
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2021.33.73
