About This Item


  • TitleTribute to the ancestors
  • Call NumberSHBZ_0016
  • Cite AsJamel Shabazz photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryExterior, close-up view of African American woman performing in an African tribal ritual on the Coney Island boardwalk. The exact location is not known. The image is not dated.
  • Date[1997?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 4 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraitssnapshots
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorShabazz, Jamel, 1960-
  • SubjectAfrican American women -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJamel Shabazz photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerShabazz, Jamel, 1960-