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Salat

1990; printed ca. 2000

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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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.

A black-and-white gelatin silver print photograph depicting a man performing salat, the ritual prayer of Muslims. The man is shown kneeling on a prayer rug inside a large, otherwise empty room. He faces the right side of the image with his eyes closed and hands raised in supplication. He wears a light-colored skullcap and long tunic, his sandals on the floor behind his bare feet. A dark doorway and a few steps are set into the wall behind him. The photograph is set in matte white backing, with a printed white gallery label on the reverse.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2022.18.2

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