Pinback button for Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues festival: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white pinback button for the 1996 Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival. Blue and pink text at the top reads [air jamaica]. Below the text, at the center of the pin, there are two depictions of saxophone and a guitar. The depictions are only partial drawings of the instruments. Underneath the depictions, blue, black, purple, and green text reads [Jazz and Blues Festival]. Black text at the bottom of the button reads [In association with Jamaica's KLAS FM and the Jamaica Tourist Board / Oct. 17-20, 1996]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1996
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 5/16 in. (5.4 × 5.4 × 0.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Arts and music festivals
• Topic: Blues (Music)
• Topic: Holidays and festivals
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Travel
• Object number: 2013.68.29
• 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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