Backstage pass for Pori Jazz Festival used by Ira Tucker: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A backstage pass attached to a lanyard by a metal clip. It is a laminated white paper card with a graphic purple ink background. The card's reverse has restriction details in english and Finnish. The lanyard is green cloth with gray edges bearing the logo for Carlsberg beer. There is a plastic buckle that can be used to separate the steel clip from the lanyard.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 18, 2004
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Ira Tucker Sr., American, 1925 - 2008
• Subject of: Dixie Hummingbirds, American, founded 1928
• Type: passes (tickets)
• Medium: paper, plastic laminate, metal, nylon
• Dimensions: H x W (backstage pass): 4 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. (11.7 x 7.3 cm)
• Dimensions: L x W (lanyard): 21 x 3/4 in. (53.3 x 1.9 cm)
• Place made: Pori, Satakunta, Finland, Europe
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Gospel (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2013.13.22.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Ira Tucker, Jr. of the Dixie Hummingbirds
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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