Baseball bat used by the character Sal in the film Do the Right Thing: Museum Object and Cultural History
Baseball bat used by the character Sal in the film Do the Right Thing: Date: 1989. Manufactured by: Hillerich & Bradsby Co., American, founded 1884. Used by: Danny Aiello, born 1933.
The object in the museum catalogue
Wooden baseball bat used as a prop by the character Sal from the motion picture, "Do the Right Thing." Bat is inherently burned and distressed with charring throughout. Stamped inside an oval in the center of the front is text [HILLERICH & BRADSBY CO./NO. 9/H & B/MADE IN U.S.A./LOUISVILLE, KY.] Text is also stamped near top of bat [LEADER/MICKEY MANTLE].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1989
- Manufactured by: Hillerich & Bradsby Co., American, founded 1884
- Used by: Danny Aiello, born 1933
- Subject of: Spike Lee, American, born 1957
- Type: bats
- Medium: wood
- Dimensions: 33 × 2 5/8 × 2 5/8 in. (83.8 × 6.7 × 6.7 cm)
- Place used: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Film
- Object number: 2014.270.4
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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