Necklace from the Acapulco Black Film Festival: Museum Object and Cultural History
Necklace from the Acapulco Black Film Festival: Date: 2000. Subject of: American Black Film Festival, American, founded 1997. Type: necklaces.
The object in the museum catalogue
A sterling silver pendant (2019.55.5a) with chain (2019.55.5b) from the Acapulco Black Film Festival (ABFF) held in 2000.
2019.55.5a: The pendent is oval shaped and depicts a cutout of the 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 year of the festival is printed in molded text on the film strip that reads [2000]. The back of the pendant is smooth with a single stamp that reads [[S]TERLI[NG]].
2019.55.5b: The chain is a twenty (20) inch, sterling silver, rope chain. Stamped on each end of the chain is the text [925/ ITALY and Az].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2000
- Subject of: American Black Film Festival, American, founded 1997
- Type: necklaces
- Medium: sterling silver
- Dimensions: H x W x D (Overall): 11 7/16 × 1 1/16 × 1/4 in. (29 × 2.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W x D (2019.55.5a): 1 11/16 × 1 1/16 × 1/4 in. (4.3 × 2.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Dimensions: L x W (2019.55.5b): 20 3/16 × 3/16 in. (51.2 × 0.5 cm)
- Place used: Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Place made: Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Place made: Italy, Europe
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Arts and music festivals
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Holidays and festivals
- Object number: 2019.55.5ab
- 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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