Pinback button for the play Tapman: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button for the Karen Jones-Meadows play Tapman. The button has a white background with a silhouette of a man singing into a microphone. White text over the man's shoulder reads [88 / tapman / Hudson Guild Theater]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1988
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Karen Jones-Meadows, American
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 5/16 × 2 5/16 × 5/16 in. (5.9 × 5.9 × 0.8 cm)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Blues (Music)
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Object number: 2013.68.34
• 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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