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Dominique, European Runway, POSSE Ball, Philadelphia, 2017

Photograph by:
Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965  Search this
Printed by:
Light Work, American, founded 1973  Search this
Medium:
ink on Canson Baryta photographique paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Sheet) : 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
H x W (Image) : 19 × 12 5/8 in. (48.3 × 32.1 cm)
Type:
portraits
inkjet prints
Place captured:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
2017
Topic:
African American  Search this
Communities  Search this
Dance  Search this
Fashion  Search this
Gender  Search this
Identity  Search this
LGBTQ  Search this
Music  Search this
Nightlife  Search this
Photography  Search this
Sexuality  Search this
Urban life  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2019.71.7
Restrictions & Rights:
© Gerard Gaskin
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Portfolio/Series:
Legendary Portraits
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57b260a8f-5c44-44e3-9c7c-e3e59874c5be
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2019.71.7
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M. Makeba & H. Masekela

Photograph by:
Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944  Search this
Subject of:
Miriam Makeba, South African, 1932 - 2008  Search this
Hugh Masekela, South African, born 1939  Search this
Medium:
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (sheet): 8 5/8 × 8 in. (21.9 × 20.3 cm)
H x W (image): 7 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (19.1 × 19.7 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Date:
1980
Topic:
African American  Search this
Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this
Photography  Search this
Singers (Musicians)  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2014.152.6
Restrictions & Rights:
© Anthony Barboza
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd544c94f1a-8b81-4bac-a761-f24c86a6d8f9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.152.6

A History of dyed and printed textiles [filmstrip] : pt.1-8

Author:
Visual Publications  Search this
Physical description:
8 filmstrips : col. ; 35 mm. + 8 teacher's guides, in container, 23 x 17 x 6 cm
Type:
Filmstrips
Date:
1971
[1971]
Topic:
Batik  Search this
Tie-dyeing  Search this
Dyes and dyeing  Search this
Textile painting  Search this
Textile printing  Search this
Chintz  Search this
Screen process printing  Search this
Call number:
TP897 .H67 1971
TP897.H67 1971
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_436908

A history of dyed textiles: dyes, fibres, painted bark, batik, starch-resist, discharge, tie-dye, further sources for research

Author:
Robinson, Stuart  Search this
Physical description:
112 p. illus. (part col.) 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1969
[1969]
Topic:
Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers--History  Search this
Call number:
TP897 .R664 1969
TP897.R664 1969
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_3647

A history of dyed textiles: dyes, fibres, painted bark, batik, starch-resist, discharge, tie-dye, further sources for research

Author:
Robinson, Stuart  Search this
Physical description:
112 p. illus. (some col.), facsim., maps, plan. 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1969
Topic:
Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers--History  Search this
Call number:
TP897.R62 1969X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_179019

Abstract Shibori Effects

Medium:
Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu)
Dimensions:
H x W: 31.3 × 39.8 cm (12 5/16 × 15 11/16 in.)
Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)
Type:
textile designs
Katagami
Object Name:
Katagami
Made in:
Japan
Date:
late 19th–early 20th century
Credit Line:
Gift of Helen Snyder
Accession Number:
1976-103-136
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4bb506d01-1efc-4316-a425-76ec6e94c50f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1976-103-136
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Adire -- a living craft : an exhibition of the indigo-dyed cloth of the Yoruba women of Nigeria / organized by Friends of Adire

Author:
Okuboyejo, Betti  Search this
Friends of Adire (Nigeria)  Search this
Physical description:
[12], 58 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 20 x 22 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1987
Topic:
Adire  Search this
Tie-dyeing  Search this
Resist-dyed textiles  Search this
Textile design  Search this
Women, Yoruba--Social life and customs  Search this
Indigo  Search this
Call number:
TT853.5 .A23 1987
TT853.5.A23 1987
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_363151

Adire : Yoruba pattern dyeing / by S. Wenger and H. U. Beier

Title:
Yoruba pattern dyeing
Author:
Wenger, Susanne 1915-2009  Search this
Beier, Ulli  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria, Western
Date:
1957
Topic:
Resist-dyed textiles  Search this
Dyes and dyeing--Textile fabrics  Search this
Adire  Search this
Yoruba textile patterns (Design elements).)  Search this
Yoruba resist-dyed textiles  Search this
Tie-dyeing  Search this
Call number:
DT515.A1 N68
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_683654

Adire : indigo textiles amongst the Yoruba / a film by Thorolf Lipp ; producer Markus Spona ; produced by TMT Film- und Fernsehproducktion ; script, Thorolf Lipp, Kate Ellis-Owolabi, Ulli and Georgina Beier, Richard Taylor

Title:
Indigo textiles amongst the Yoruba
Author:
Lipp, Thorolf  Search this
Subject:
Okundaye, Nike 1951-  Search this
Nike Centre for Art and Culture  Search this
Nike Centre for Art and Culture (OCoLC)fst00768730  Search this
Physical description:
1 videocassette (approximately 45 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in
Type:
Video recordings
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1995
©1995
Topic:
Textile fabrics, Yoruba  Search this
Indigo  Search this
Tie-dyeing  Search this
Resist-dyed textiles  Search this
Call number:
video 000306
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_510129

Adire : resist-dyed cloths of the Yoruba

Author:
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
National Museum of African Art (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00592617  Search this
Physical description:
24 pages : color illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Nigeria
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1997
Topic:
Adire  Search this
Textile fabrics, Yoruba  Search this
Resist-dyed textiles  Search this
Tie-dyeing  Search this
Call number:
NK9504.7 N38 1997
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_532365

Adire eleko : technique of production

Author:
Adetoro, S. A (Sheriffdeen Abayomi) 1939-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[3] p
Type:
Books
Date:
198u
198-?]
Topic:
Adire  Search this
Tie-dyeing  Search this
Call number:
VF-- Textiles--Nigeria
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_685782

Adire eleso cloth project for African Art Veronika Jenke

Author:
Jenke, Veronika  Search this
Physical description:
38 leaves illustrations 28 cm + 31 slides (5 cm x 5 cm)
Type:
Projected graphics
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1978
Topic:
Arts, Yoruba  Search this
Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers  Search this
Tie-dyeing--Technique  Search this
Adire  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1004487

Adire wrapper

Medium:
Medium: cotton Technique: factory-woven plain weave, tied- and stitched-resist patterning, indigo-dyed Label: indigo-dyed cotton patterned with tied and stitched resist
Dimensions:
H x W: 191.1 × 82.6 cm (6 ft. 3 1/4 in. × 32 1/2 in.)
Type:
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Adire wrapper
Made in:
Nigeria
Date:
ca. 1960
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Mary Kirby
Accession Number:
1962-117-2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Textiles Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49d1d74b7-3225-4d70-8ec7-4ac28e9a757f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1962-117-2

Adirẹ cloth in Nigeria, 1971-2016 / edited by Doig Simmonds, Patricia Oyelọla, Ṣẹgun Ọkẹ

Editor:
Simmonds, Doig  Search this
Oyelola, Pat  Search this
Ọkẹ, Ṣẹgun  Search this
Physical description:
102 pages illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
2016
Topic:
Dyes and dyeing--Cotton  Search this
Tie-dyeing  Search this
Indigo  Search this
Arts, Yoruba  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1067247

Adirẹ cloth in Nigeria; the preparation and dyeing of indigo patterned cloths among the Yoruba, by Nancy Stanfield [and others

Author:
Stanfield, Nancy  Search this
Physical description:
104 p. illus. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1971
Topic:
Adire  Search this
Dyes and dyeing--Cotton  Search this
Tie-dyeing  Search this
Indigo  Search this
Arts, Yoruba  Search this
Call number:
TP930.A29X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_96374

All the colors of the rainbow : Uzbekistan ikats from the collection of Peggy Slappey / edited by Donald A. Wood, Ph.D

Editor:
Wood, Donald Alan  Search this
Wood, Donald Alan  Search this
Author:
Istalifi, Ali  Search this
Slappey, Peggy  Search this
Istalifi, Ali  Search this
Slappey, Peggy  Search this
Host institution:
Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.)  Search this
Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.)  Search this
Subject:
Slappey, Peggy Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
95 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Asia, Central
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Asia, Central
Date:
2016
Topic:
Ikat  Search this
Ikat--Private collections  Search this
Jewelry  Search this
Tie-dyeing  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1110746

Altar Canopy

Collector:
Arthur A. Leeper  Search this
Donor Name:
Arthur A. Leeper  Search this
Object Type:
Altar
Place:
Tibet, Asia
Accession Date:
12 May 1988
Collection Date:
1970 to 1982
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
358174
USNM Number:
E423819-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39e51502f-9ae2-4784-a5ba-d028ba0cf1d7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8456858

An African artist in a dying trade / Cristina Kessler

Author:
Kessler, Cristina  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Tejan-Kamara, Khadiatu 1932-  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Sierra Leone
Date:
1984
Topic:
Tie-dyeing  Search this
Resist-dyed textiles  Search this
Dyes and dyeing--Textile fabrics  Search this
Call number:
TT740 .F443
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_688895

An economic analysis of gara (tie-dye) production in Sierra Leone, presented at the 1977 Joint National Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association and the African Studies Association, Houston, November 1977 by Enyinna Chuta

Author:
Chuta, Enyinna  Search this
Author:
Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (20 : 1977 : Houston, Tex.)  Search this
Annual Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association (20 : 1977 : Houston, Tex.)  Search this
Physical description:
33 leaves 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Sierra Leone
Date:
1977
Topic:
Cottage industries  Search this
Dyes and dyeing--Textile fabrics  Search this
Textile fabrics--Marketing  Search this
Textile industry  Search this
Tie-dyeing--Economic aspects  Search this
Tie-dyeing  Search this
Gara  Search this
Printed textiles  Search this
Women's producer cooperatives  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1004051

An exhibition of traditional adire cloth : 26th April to 11th May 1969 / [Emily Aig-Imoukhuede]

Title:
Traditional adire cloth
Author:
Aig-Imoukhuede, Emily 1941-  Search this
Nigeria National Museum (Lagos)  Search this
Physical description:
16 pages ; 33 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1969
[1969?]
Topic:
Adire  Search this
Tie-dyeing  Search this
Resist-dyed textiles  Search this
Indigo  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1018772

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