Napkin from the Shabazz Restaurant: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This rectangular Shabazz Restaurant paper napkin is off white with a light brown horizontal rectangular field on the lower third portion of the front. Within the field are white letters that read "SHABAZZ/ RESTAURANT/ 616 EAST 71TH ST. PHONE 483-1688." There is a 7-pointed star on the left side of the logo, inside the first 'S.'

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1956
• Used by: Shabazz Restaurant, American
• Owned by: Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
• Type: napkins
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (21.6 x 10.8 cm)
• Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Cooking and dining
• Topic: Nation of Islam
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Resistance
• Object number: 2013.39.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Becca Nu'Mani
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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