Banner for Public Enemy: Museum Object and Cultural History
Banner for Public Enemy: Date: ca. 1992. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Public Enemy, American, founded 1982.
The object in the museum catalogue
A banner that the hip-hop group Public enemy would hang behind them when performing at various gigs. The banner is made of black linen and features the group's logo of a figure appearing through a scope printed in yellow paint.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1992
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Public Enemy, American, founded 1982
- Type: banners
- Medium: linen, nylon, duct tape, paint (probably acrylic)
- Dimensions: H x W: 52 x 132 in. (132.1 x 335.3 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2011.33.6
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Public Enemy
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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