Pinback button promoting the Sixth Pan African Congress: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Round pin-back button featuring a yellow and black outline of Africa depicted with an anthropomorphous face. Green type set against a black border circles the outline. Green type reads, [PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS/SIXTH. Outermost border is yellow. Black type appears at bottom of button and reads, [DAR ES SALAAM].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1974
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Pan-African Congress, 1919 - 1994
• Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: metal
• Dimensions: Diameter: 2 3/16 × 3/8 in. (5.6 × 1 cm)
• Place depicted: Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: African diaspora
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2013.201.1.27
• 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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