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Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett at Africa exhibit at The Field Museum

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Description
This is a color photograph of Etta Moten Barnett with three other individuals. She stands in a row with two women and a man. Etta Moten Barnett stands on the far left wearing a high-necked, long sleeved white and purple tie dye dress. The dress has a white background with wide purple diagonal stripes. Narrow purple stripes run diagonally in the opposite direction. She wears a large pendant around her neck and gazes to her left. Standing on her left side is a woman wearing a white dress with alternating broad and narrow grey bands of zigzagging stripes. The dress is belted in the middle. Scattered over the surface are large yellow flowers. She gazes directly at the viewer. Standing next to her is a third woman, wearing a white dress with black and white polka dots and small pink flowers scattered across the surface. On her other side is a man in a white button-down shirt, and a red and black patterned tie under a brown blazer. Both the man and woman gaze directly at the viewer. On the back of the photograph is handwritten text explaining the photograph is of the co-chairs for the preview dinner of the Africa Exhibit.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
April 1974
Object number
A2022.13.1.22
Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Man or Men
Owned by
Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown – Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
color photographs
Medium
ink on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.4 × 24.4 cm)
H x W (sheet): 7 7/8 × 10 in. (20 × 25.4 cm)
Place depicted
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
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Collection title
Etta Moten Barnett Archive
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Topic
African American
Activism
Actors
Broadway Theatre
Communities
Singers (Musicians)
Women
Women's organizations
Record ID
nmaahc_A2022.13.1.22
Usage
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59afe955a-de9b-4e60-b749-e21633cc913e
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