Miniature "Dunnigan-Payne" lectern from the White House briefing room: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A miniature model (a) of the "Dunnigan-Payne" lectern from the White House briefing room used by Karine Jean-Pierre with a book (b) and four microphones (c-f). The lectern has a pointed slanted top made of dark brown wood. The text [Rafael Velasco] is written along the bottom of the top in black marker. The stand is made of blue painted plastic with dark brown wood glued to each of the three sides. The bottom of the lectern is made of blue plastic and widens at the sides towards the bottom. The book is made of white wood or plastic and is open at the center with three rings along the interior spine. The back of the book is made of blue plastic. The four black plastic miniature microphones are curved and are all identical.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 2020
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Alice Allison Dunnigan, American, 1906 - 1983
• Subject of: Ethel L. Payne, American, 1911 - 1991
• Owned by: Karine Jean-Pierre, born 1974
• Type: lecterns
• Medium: wood, plastic, paint, glue, and ink
• Dimensions: L x W (a. lectern): 8 × 6 in. (20.3 × 15.2 cm)
• Dimensions: L x W (b. book): 3 1/2 × 2 in. (8.9 × 5.1 cm)
• Dimensions: L x W (c-f. each microphone): 1 × 1/4 in. (2.5 × 0.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communication
• Topic: Government
• Topic: Journalism
• Topic: LGBTQ
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2025.31.4a-f
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Karine Jean-Pierre
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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