Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and a woman in African textiles

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This is a black and white photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and a woman in traditional African clothing. The image depicts Etta Moten Barnett wearing a long sleeved white blouse with a brooch at the neckline and a grey straight skirt. She is standing next to another woman who is wearing a long skirt in a traditional African textile pattern, and a short sleeve blouse in a different, darker pattern. Draped over her right shoulder is a length of textile with a lighter pattern. The textile has fringed and beaded ends. The woman is wearing a striped headwrap that Etta Moten Barnett is adjusting with both hands. The woman is standing in front of a deep round carved wooden mortar on the floor and holds a long carved wooden pestle inside it with both hands. The woman gazes down at the mortar.

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