Photograph by
Shabazz, Jamel, American, born 1960
Subject of
Unidentified Child or Children
Date
2010; printed 2021
Medium
pigment-based ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Description
This is a color archival pigment print from a digital file. The photograph depicts a young girl posing on the street from the waist up during the African American Day Parade in Harlem, New York. The young girl is posed with both of her hands closed, clutching the sides of her skirt, and placed on her sides with the elbows out. The young girl is dressed in a Panamanian folkloric outfit, one resembling the pollera montuna style. She is wearing a white shirt with a high, round neckline, ¾ sleeves, and two long, layered ruffles going across. The skirt is green, patterned with yellow and red dots. There is an orange gallardete (ribbon) fashioned near her waist on then proper right side with a V-shape end. Her hair is braided in a traditional, pollera fashion with two front braids and tied at the end with an orange hair tie. One both sides of her head, she is wearing tembleques, pearled flower ornaments, attached with gold-colored combs. She is featuring several types of necklaces and bracelets. She is standing in front of a black gated entrance to a staircase leading to a brownstone.
There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
Place depicted
Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Cultural Place
Panama, Latin America, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
pigment prints
portraits
digital prints
Topic
Clothing and dress
Communities
Costume
Folklife
Holidays and festivals
Identity
Photography
Urban life
Youth
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
Object number
2021.63.3
Restrictions & Rights
© Jamel Shabazz
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53f163025-23f5-4d5f-b920-c5386bef3e48

Cataloging is an ongoing process and we may update this record as we conduct additional research and review. If you have more information about this object, please contact us at NMAAHCDigiTeam@si.edu

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