Banner from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics owned by Marilyn White: Museum Object and Cultural History
Banner from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics owned by Marilyn White: Date: 1964. Created by: Unidentified. Owned by: Marilyn Elaine White, American, born 1944.
The object in the museum catalogue
A mini banner from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The banner is white silk with gold fringe and tassels. The banner hangs from a metal bar at the top. The center of the banner is white and has a gold box. Inside the box there is a red sun, gold Olympic rings, gold lettering that reads: [Tokyo 1964], and three Japanese characters in black. The back of the banner is blank.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1964
- Created by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Marilyn Elaine White, American, born 1944
- Type: banners
- Medium: ink on silk (fiber) with thread and metal
- Dimensions: H x W: 12 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (31.8 × 19.1 cm)
- Place used: Tokyo, Japan, Asia
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Olympics
- Topic: Sports
- Topic: Track and field
- Object number: 2017.56.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist Marilyn E. White
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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