Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Death
2011
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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 framed color archival pigment print “Death" by Ayana V. Jackson. Jackson is captured in color at the center of the photograph, naked and hanging from a noose with her arms by her side. Her hair is pulled back. The background is a black and white negative image of trees and a house on either side in the back. It is vertically mirrored at the center, where Jackson is.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2023.39.23ab
