Pinback button of Nelson Mandela: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button of Nelson Mandela: Date: 1990. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Nelson Mandela, South African, 1918 - 2013.
The object in the museum catalogue
A striped pinback button featuring an image of Nelson Mandela. The background colors of the button, black, green, and yellow are the colors of the African National Congress flag. At the top of the button the words [FREE MAN] appear in white text, the bottom reads [NELSON MANDELA] in black text. In the middle is an image of Mandela's face in brown ink. There are stains on the front of the button, the metal back of the button is in excellent condition.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1990
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Nelson Mandela, South African, 1918 - 2013
- Subject of: African National Congress, South African, founded 1912
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: metal, ink on paper, plastic laminate
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/4 x 1/4 in. (5.7 x 0.6 cm)
- Place depicted: South Africa, Africa
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: Communication
- Topic: Decolonization
- Topic: Freedom
- Topic: International affairs
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Prisons
- Object number: 2011.178.6
- 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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