"Game ball" football from Super Bowl XLI: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

"Game ball" football from Super Bowl XLI. Ball is four leather panels stitched together. One panel reads [SUPER BOWL XLI CHAMPIONS] followed by the Indianapolis Colts logo with the scores of the Colts 929) and the Chicago Bears (17) to the left and right, respectively. Another panel features a heat stamped NFL logo above [CHICAGO / BEARS) · (INDIANAPOLIS / COLTS) / SOUTH FLORIDA · FEBRUARY 4, 2007 / NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE / Wilson / MADE IN U.S.A.]. Next panel has large Super Bowl XLI logo at center with ["THE DUKE." / WILSON] on the left and [(Roger Goodell signature) / COMMISSIONER] to the right. Fourth and final panel is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: February 4, 2007
• Created by: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., American, founded 1914
• Owned by: Tony Dungy, American, born 1955
• Subject of: Tony Dungy, American, born 1955
• Subject of: National Football League, American, founded 1920
• Subject of: Indianapolis Colts, American, founded 1953
• Subject of: Chicago Bears, American, founded 1919
• Type: footballs
• Medium: leather
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 7 × 11 × 7 in. (17.8 × 27.9 × 17.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Miami Gardens, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Football
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2018.32.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tony Dungy
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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