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Watusi Family

1988

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 color linocut in black and orange depicting a family: father, mother, and baby. The family is depicted in front of a three-pointed archway with the father standing on the left and the mother seated on the right, holding the infant. The sun shines through the archway behind them. At the top left of the background are multiple buildings. At the top right there is another group of buildings with rounded roofs and a road leading to them. The title of the print [Watusi Family] is written in pencil on the bottom left corner with [a/p] at bottom center. The print is signed [James L. Wells '88] on the bottom right corner.

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Catalog reference: 2023.111.112.1

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