Sticker for the New York City Breakers: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white circular sticker for the New York City Breakers. The sticker has text around the edge that reads: [New York City Breakers]. The center contains a depiction of a man in a track suit doing a break dancing move. The back of the sticker is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1980s
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: New York City Breakers, American, founded 1982
• Owned by: Michael Holman, American, born 1955
• Type: stickers
• Medium: ink on paper with adhesive
• Dimensions: Diameter: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Break dancing
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Object number: 2016.31.9
• 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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