White plastic cup commemorating the 2013 Bayou Classic: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The white cup has black text at the top of the front which reads [SEE YOU 11/3-/2013!!] and black text at the bottom which reads [40-YEAR RIVALRY]. There is a stylized number “40” in the center in black, red, and white. There is a circular logo on top of the center of the “40”. It is red on the top and black at the bottom. It has white text which reads [BAYOU CLASSIC / GRAMBLING SOUTHERN]. There is a fleur-de-lis in between "Grambling" and "Southern". The center of the circle is white, with a blue silhouette of the state of Louisiana. There is a color illustration of the faces of a tiger and a jaguar biting the ends of a football. The tiger is on the proper right side and the jaguar is on the proper left side. There is yellow and text outlined in black in the center of the football. It reads [SINCE / 1974].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2013
• Distributed by: Bayou Classic, founded 1974
• Subject of: Grambling State University, American, founded 1901
• Subject of: Southern University and A&M College, American, founded 1880
• Type: collectibles
• Type: cups
• Medium: ink on plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 4 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (10.8 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm)
• Place depicted: Grambling, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
• Place used: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Football
• Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2015.75.12
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dottie Belletto
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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