Staff used by Felicia Day in Do You Wanna Date My Avatar music video: Museum Object and Cultural History
Staff used by Felicia Day in Do You Wanna Date My Avatar music video: date made: 2009. user: Day, Felicia. maker: Aronowitz, Greg.
The object in the museum catalogue
Staff prop used by Felicia Day in the role of Codex in the music video for the song Do You Wanna Date My Avatar and in the web series The Guild. The staff, designed and built by Greg Aronowitz, is a white rod decorated with a red and gold fixture at its base, a grip, and surmounted by a green orb and red and gold wings.
The music video was released in 2009 to promote Day's web series The Guild. The song's lyrics were written by Day and music was written by Jed Whedon, who also directed the video. The music video became a hit on YouTube, garnering a million views in its first two days on the platform and nearly 30 million within a decade.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 2009
- user: Day, Felicia
- maker: Aronowitz, Greg
- Object Name: staff
- Object Name: prop
- Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 55 in x 12 in x 5 1/2 in; 139.7 cm x 30.48 cm x 13.97 cm
- place made: United States: California, Los Angeles
- Subject: Entertainment, general
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 2017.0227.01
- accession number: 2017.0227
- catalog number: 2017.0227.01
- Credit Line: Greg Aronowitz
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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