Pinback button protesting apartheid: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button protesting apartheid: Date: 1990. Manufactured by: Donnelly/Colt Progressive Resources, American, founded 1975. Designed by: Clive Helfet, American, born 1953.
The object in the museum catalogue
Square pin-back featuring a black silhouette of Africa. Button has yellow, green, red, and white type. Type reads, [KEEP THE/PRESSURE/ON/APARTHEID]. The [N] in [on] has crosshairs imposed over it. Border of button's back has white type on all sides that reads, [©1990 Africa Fund/MFG. BY DONNELLY/COLT., BOX 188/DESIGN: KAPTEIN KUNS/HAMPTON, CT 06247 (203) 455-9621].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1990
- Manufactured by: Donnelly/Colt Progressive Resources, American, founded 1975
- Designed by: Clive Helfet, American, born 1953
- Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: metal, paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 3/8 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 1 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Race discrimination
- Topic: Violence
- Object number: 2013.201.1.28
- 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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