International women's conference pinback button belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a round pinback button for Forum ’85 belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It is a bright blue with white text across the top and bottom. Text at the top reads “FORUM / ’85.” In place of the letter ‘o’ is a small graphic of a globe. Text across the bottom of the in reads “NAIROBI, KENYA / JULY 10-19.” A horizontal rectangular space is cut out of the center of the button. A piece of paper is inserted into the space with handwritten text in black ink. It reads “Etta Moten Barnett / U.S.A / Chicago, Illinois.” The back of the button is metal has two pieces of scotch tape holding the piece of paper in place.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 1985
• Issued by: Forum '85, founded 1985
• Subject of: United Nations, founded 1945
• Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) with plastic and metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 15/16 × 2 15/16 × 3/16 in. (7.5 × 7.5 × 0.4 cm)
• Place used: Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
• Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Women
• Object number: A2022.13.1.71
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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