Three red car bows from the car giveaway episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

.1: A red bow made from synthetic velvet ribbon that was placed on a car for an audience giveaway on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004. The multiple loops of the bow are held together with red elastic cord. Two tails with bias cut ends extend below the bow. There are (2) strips of adhesive foam with a protective cover over them, one on each tail near the bow.

.2: A red bow made from synthetic velvet ribbon that was placed on a car for an audience giveaway on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004. The multiple loops of the bow are held together with red elastic cord. Two tails with bias cut ends extend below the bow. There are (2) strips of adhesive foam with a protective cover over them, one on each tail near the bow.

.3: A red bow made from synthetic velvet ribbon that was placed on a car for an audience giveaway on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004. The multiple loops of the bow are held together with red elastic cord. Green thread-wrapped wire is holding some of the loops together as well. The bow has no tails.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2004
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Used by: Harpo, Inc., American, founded 1986
• Type: memorabilia
• Medium: .1: synthetic velvet ribbon, elastic cord, and foam;
• Medium: .2: synthetic velvet ribbon, elastic cord, and foam;
• Medium: .3: synthetic velvet ribbon, elastic cord, and wire
• Dimensions: H x W x D (.1): 44 × 19 1/2 × 9 in. (111.8 × 49.5 × 22.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (.2): 50 × 22 1/2 × 10 in. (127 × 57.2 × 25.4 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (.3): 8 × 21 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (20.3 × 54.6 × 49.5 cm)
• Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communication
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Television
• Object number: 2016.7.4.1-3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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