Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award issued to Ella Jenkins: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award issued to Ella Jenkins. The award is in two pieces, the top, (.1a) crystal and the base, (.1b). The crystal is a rectangular cube with an etched gramophone inside (Grammy). On the front bottom of the crystal, the awardee's name is inscribed, [ELLA JENKINS / 2004]. On the back top of the crystal, the awards name is inscribed, [GRAMMY / LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD].

The base is black plastic with a mirror on the top. The award is attached to the base with adhesive in the four corners. On the bottom are four foam circles in each corner.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2004
• Created by: The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, American, founded 1957
• Subject of: Ella Jenkins, American, born 1924
• Type: trophies (prizes)
• Medium: crystal (material by form) with plastic, reflective glass, foam and adhesive
• Dimensions: H x W x D (.1a Crystal): 5 3/4 × 4 1/8 × 4 in. (14.6 × 10.5 × 10.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (.1b Base): 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (1.9 × 13.3 × 13.3 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Folk (Music)
• Topic: Folklife
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2018.7.1ab
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ella Jenkins
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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