NMAfA Volunteers in African Dress

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Object Details

Author

Avino, Mark

Subject

Schirmer, Carolyn B

Orwenyo, Maxine

National Museum of African Art (U.S.)

Notes

Featured in TORCH, January 1985

Summary

Carolyn Schirmer (l.) and Maxine Orwenyo in the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) courtyard, wearing traditional African dress, demonstrate how they make music a part of their textile program for the elderly.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: January 1985

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1984

Standard number

84-17810-41

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Group, candid

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

African Americans

African Dress

Clothing and dress

Demonstrations

Textile fabrics

Volunteers

Women

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8907