Pinback button for the film Sarafina!: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for the film Sarafina!: Date: 1992. Distributed by: Hollywood Pictures Company, American, 1989 - 2010. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
The object in the museum catalogue
A white pinback button for the film Sarafina!. The button has a white background with a pink and orange depiction of Africa at center. The top of Africa fades into a flock of birds. To the lower right of the button, black lettering reads [Sarafina!]. The exterior edge has [© 1992 Hollywood Pictures] printed in black ink. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1992
- Distributed by: Hollywood Pictures Company, American, 1989 - 2010
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/16 × 2 1/16 × 3/8 in. (5.2 × 5.2 × 1 cm)
- Place depicted: South Africa, Africa
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Advertising
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Hollywood (Film)
- Topic: Resistance
- Object number: 2013.68.23
- 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: [© 1992 Hollywood Pictures Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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