Plátano Pride

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This is a color chromogenic print with an aluminum frame and acrylilc glazing. The image, titled Plátano Pride, depicts a young, unidentified Afro-Puerto Rican, Brooklyn-born student dressed in an oversized white t-shirt with a plantain-shaped platinum pendant on a sterling silver curb chain (NMAAHC 2021.70.1). The young boy wears a serious expression, cocking his head to the side and holding out a sculpture / jewelry piece with his proper right thumb. He is posed against a black background.

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