Bracelet from the inaugural Acapulco Black Film Festival: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A sterling silver cuff bracelet presented to Jeff Friday by the Mexican government at the inaugural Acapulco Black Film Festival (ABFF) held June 24-29, 1997. The bracelet is uniformly wide and tapers to rounded ends at the open gap area. The surface of the cuff is decorated with relief depictions of musical notes, stars, waves, martini glasses, a building on a beach with palm trees, a smiling sun, sock and buskin masks, a clapperboard, a film reel, and an ABFF logo. The ABFF logo resembles a stylized half rayed-sun with a half of an eye at the center and a film strip at the bottom. The interior of the cuff is smooth with a single stamp that reads [STERLING].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1997
• Created by: Unidentified
• Issued by: Federal Government of Mexico, Mexican, founded 1824
• Received by: Jeff Friday, American
• Subject of: American Black Film Festival, American, founded 1997
• Type: bracelets (jewelry)
• Medium: sterling silver
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 × 2 5/8 × 1 15/16 in. (2.6 × 6.7 × 4.9 cm)
• Place made: Mexico, North and Central America
• Place used: Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Arts and music festivals
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Holidays and festivals
• Object number: 2019.55.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jeff and Nicole Friday
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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