Packaging for Salaam brand hummos-tahini: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Packaging for hummos-tahini distributed by Salaam International, a division of the Nation of Islam. The packaging consists of printed blue text on a single piece of white cardboard that forms a rectangular box when folded. At center of the front is [HUMMOS-TAHINI / In Twin Pouches] in English surrounded by printed text in Arabic. At the top left corner is the Salaam logo and [ENTREE CLASSICS TM] printed diagonally. At bottom left is printed ["Your most / delicious food - / perfectly / preserved." / NO FREEZING / NO REFRIGERATION / NO PRESERVATIVES* / READY TO USE]. Along the right side flap is printed [Exp. Date July 1986]. The back repeats some of the text on the front along with preparation instructions adn a list of ingredients. At bottom right is [Produced in the U.S.A. exclusively for Salaam by Mid-America Foods, Inc., Chicago, IL 60644].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1986
• Distributed by: Salaam International, American
• Subject of: Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
• Type: packaging
• Medium: ink on cardboard
• Dimensions: H x W (Flat): 6 × 9 9/16 in. (15.2 × 24.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Upright): 4 3/4 × 9 9/16 × 1 1/4 in. (12.1 × 24.3 × 3.2 cm)
• Place made: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Cooking and dining
• Topic: Foodways
• Topic: Nation of Islam
• Topic: Religion
• Object number: 2015.27.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Nadar Ali and Family
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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