Olympic wappen patch from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics owned by Marilyn White: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An Olympic wappen (coat-of-arms) patch in packaging. The wappen is a red felt shield shape with threaded stitching. The red felt has a black and white shield attached to it. The center of the wappen is white thread with [TOKYO] threaded in black at the top center. Below the text is a red sun with [1964] above the Olympic rings in gold thread. At the bottom of the wappen there is a small black, red, and blue ribbon with Japanese writing on it in white thread. The patch is stapled to a white, blue, and red paper and is encased in plastic wrap. The paper has Japanese writing and a red sun with the text: [Tokyo 1964]. Under the top section there is more Japanese writing, followed by the text: [OLYMPIC WAPPEN]. In the bottom right corner of the paper, text reads: [PRICE ? 100.]. The back of the paper is white with blue writing. At the top text reads: [TOKYO 1964]. Below are Japanese writing, followed by a grid of more Japanese writing, numbers and stars.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1964
• Created by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Marilyn Elaine White, American, born 1944
• Type: patches (costume accessories)
• Medium: thread on felt with ribbon on ink on paper in plastic
• Dimensions: H x W: 6 3/8 × 4 1/4 in. (16.2 × 10.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Badge only): 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (8.3 × 6.4 cm)
• Place used: Tokyo, Japan, Asia
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Olympics
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2017.56.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of 1964 Olympic Silver Medalist Marilyn E. White
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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