Pin back button from Commodores 1978 Platinum Tour: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A silver pin back button with black type. The black text follows the apex of the button and reads: [IT'S A NATURAL HIGH!]. Just beneath the arched text is the Motown logo. Beneath the logo are three lines of block black text which read: [COMMODORES / 1978 PLATINUM / TOUR]. The back of the pin has a metal clasp and an etched inscription.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1978
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Distributed by: Motown Record Corporation, American, founded 1959
• Subject of: Commodores, American, founded 1968
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) , plastic laminate , metal
• Dimensions: Diameter: 2 3/8 × 3/8 in. (6 × 1 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2016.68.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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