Pinback button for the film Follow Me Home: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black pinback button with red, yellow, orange, and blue accents. Large text throughout the button reads [Follow Me Home]. Each word has a different design pattern. The word [Home] has a depiction of a buffalo inside the first three letters. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1996
• Issued by: New Millennia Films, LLC, American, founded 1996
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 11/16 × 3/8 in. (4.4 × 4.3 × 1 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Independent films
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2013.68.27
• 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

Sources and reuse

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: © New Millennia Films, LLC Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.