Pinback button advocating for the SASO 9: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button advocating for the SASO 9: Date: 1970s. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: South African Student Organisation, South African, 1968 - 1977.
The object in the museum catalogue
A pinback button advocating to free the SASO 9. The background of the button is white and the accents are black. Text in the center of the button reads [Free The 9 / Oct. 7]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1970s
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: South African Student Organisation, South African, 1968 - 1977
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 1/8 × 1 × 1/4 in. (2.9 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm)
- Place depicted: South Africa, Africa
- Place used: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Law
- Topic: Prisons
- Object number: 2013.68.94
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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