Cigarette lighter belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a blue glass cigarette lighter. It consists of bright blue molded glass in a cylindrical shape. The top with the lighter plate is gold-colored metal. There is a gold metal colored rim around the top and the bottom edge. Along the narrow rim is a line of small, raised dots down the center.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1930-1970
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
• Type: lighters (fire-making equipment)
• Medium: glass and metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 1/8 × 2 1/16 × 2 1/16 in. (8 × 5.2 × 5.2 cm)
• Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Women
• Object number: A2022.13.1.45.3
• 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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