Object number:
2010.54.22374
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
Plant Pioneers
Production organization:
Smithsonian Institution
Date made:
1991
Material/Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 35 in, W: 23 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Poster
Content description:
Poster printed on white paper. At the top is "Plant Pioneers / African American foods and medicines" in green and black. At the center is an image of Africa, filled with the faces of human figures. Surrounding the continent are illustrations of plants, along with a map of how each plant traveled out of Africa to the Americas. At the bottom is text on the plants.
Concepts:
map; pioneer; plant; African American; food; medicine
Places:
Africa
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