United Nations ID card belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a United Nations ID card belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It is a plastic laminated card with a color photograph of Etta Moten Barnett in the top left hand corner. In the photograph Etta Moten Barnett is depicted from the shoulders up. She is wearing a black top, a pink scarf around her neck and glasses. Under her photograph is an illegible signature and a date that reads “ DEC 31 1989.” In the upper right corner of the ID card is a dark red rectangle with white text that reads “UNITED NATIONS -New York / AFFILIATE / No. 89/0648.” In the bottom left corner of the rectangle is the United Nations logo of a globe framed by a laurel wreath. Under the red rectangle is a section filled in with three lines of hand typed information. The text reads “BARNETT, Etta M. / The Links, Inc. / Etta M. Barnett [hand signed].” The card has a plastic loop and metal clip at the center top as well as a metal bead chain threaded through two holes at the top of the card. The back of the card has a block of pre-printed text regarding the legal use of the ID card.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1989
• Issued by: United Nations, founded 1945
• Subject of: The Links, Incorporated, American, founded 1946
• Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
• Type: identifying cards
• Medium: plastic and metal
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (6 × 8.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Women
• Object number: A2022.13.1.78.2
• 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.