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Roland Kavé’s Ruffled Mambo Sleeves

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Estas mangas con volantes brillan y se menean en los brazos de un bailarín de mambo. Compuestas por siete franjas de tela, las mangas repiten un patrón en negro, lamé dorado y rojo, con negro en los extremos elásticos. El mambo tuvo su origen en el jazz afrocubano de los años cuarenta y floreció en Ciudad de México y Nueva York en los cincuenta. El líder de danza Roland Kavé (1931-2017) introdujo

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Round Basket with Handle

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This round basket has a double-lashed rim decorated with double plied twisted seagrass cord. The bottom is made of round reeds, while the sides are made of wood splints woven in a plain weave. Light pencil markings are visible inside the basket. The coated wooden handle is bent in a rectangular shape. The shape and style of the basket give it heft and functionality.

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Sable Fur Jacket

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This sable jacket’s label identifies it as made by Gartenhaus Furs of Bethesda, Maryland. The initials monogramed in yellow script on the hip-length jacket’s brown satin lining belong to Dorothy Burnett Porter (1905-1995). The scholar-librarian graduated from nearby Howard University in 1928 and became the first African American to earn a master’s degree in library science from Columbia University

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Sandra Gutiérrez’s Cast-Iron Skillet

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Chef and author Sandra Gutiérrez’s cast-iron skillet carries the logo for Cracker Barrel, a restaurant chain known for its homestyle Southern cooking. According to Gutiérrez, “Every Southern chef needs a cast-iron skillet and biscuit cutter.” Along with a tortilla press, Gutiérrez uses these essential kitchen tools to serve up Southern-Latino cuisine, a fusion of foods and flavors stemming from th

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Sandra Gutiérrez’s Tortilla Press

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For chef and author Sandra Gutiérrez, a tortilla press is an essential tool for Southern-Latino cooking. She traces the development of this late twentieth-century culinary tradition to the growth of the Latinx population in the southeastern United States. As detailed in her cookbook, The New Southern-Latino Table, ingredients, tools, and cooking techniques of the American South and twenty-one Lati

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Satchel Used by Charles E. Qualls

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This brown leather satchel with a brass lock belonged to Charles E. Qualls (1912-1984), a pharmacist and civic leader in Anacostia, a neighborhood in southeast Washington, D.C. “Doc Qualls” advocated ardently for Anacostia, though he was not a resident. For example, he helped to establish the Anacostia Business and Professional Association in 1949. He campaigned for community health initiatives li

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School Days

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This work incorporates quilting, cross-stitch, and stencil. The center panel’s stitching depicts a schoolhouse, two children, and two trees, along with a meandering row of letters of the alphabet. Animals are scattered throughout the letters, including a bird near the “B,” a dog or deer near the “D,” and a turtle near the “T.” The green fabric border is stenciled with a geometric design in white p

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Set Of Three Biscuit Cutters Used By Sandra Gutierrez

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These stainless-steel biscuit cutters nest in three concentric circles, each with a semi-circular handle for pressing a round blade into dough. Twist and lift to release a biscuit ready for the oven. Biscuits are a staple food in the American South, just as tortillas are in Latin America. This set of biscuit cutters belonged to chef and author Sandra Gutiérrez, for whom a tortilla press is an equa

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Short Beaded Strap

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A stepped diamond is the central focus of this beaded strap by artist Ira Blount (1918-2020). Glass beads in white, green, blue, yellow, red, and orange create the short strap’s intricate design. Its bold colors and geometric patterns recall artmaking traditions of the American Southwest. With the development of global trade in the sixteenth century, cultures across North America, Africa, and Euro

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Silver Beaded Metal Chatelaine Purse

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Metal beads form a silver spiral on the front of this round chatelaine purse. Loops of silver beads dangle below the evening bag. Roses line the purse’s curved metal frame, which fastens in a kiss clasp with metal spheres. The purse hangs by a chain from a chatelaine, or metal clip that can be hooked to a belt, thereby freeing the wearer from carrying the bag. The chatelaine is made of German silv

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Small Basket with Handle

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After moving to Washington, DC following World War II, Ira Blount mastered dozens of artisanal crafts. His love for crafting, learning, and community engagement would endure over the course of his long life and career. As a self-taught maker and member of the Basket Bunch, a basket-making guild in Prince George’s County, Maryland, artist Ira Blount found inspiration in multiple styles of basketry

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Small Basket with Handle

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3 1/4 × 3 5/8 × 3 11/16 in. (8.2 × 9.2 × 9.4 cm)

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Roland Kavé’s Ruffled Mambo Sleeves

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School Days

Set Of Three Biscuit Cutters Used By Sandra Gutierrez

Short Beaded Strap

Silver Beaded Metal Chatelaine Purse

Small Basket with Handle

Small Basket with Handle