Pinback button celebrating Kwanzaa: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button celebrating Kwanzaa: Date: 1960 - 1999. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010.
The object in the museum catalogue
Round pin-back button featuring a graphic of stylized African dancers dancing next to a drummer. Button has black type above and below graphic that reads, [HAPPY KWANZAA/UMOJA/KUJICHAGULIA/UJIMA/UJAMAA/NIA/KUUMBA/IMANI].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1960 - 1999
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: Diameter: 2 3/16 × 1/4 in. (5.6 × 0.6 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Holidays and festivals
- Topic: Religion
- Object number: 2013.201.1.15
- 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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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: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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