Glass Links box belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a cut glass box (a) with a small pewter statue of a bison on its lid (b). The glass box is square with its four corners delineated by deep carved decorative channels in the glass. There is a channel along the right and left exterior edge of the box, and two second parallel channels about a centimeter inside the edge. There is a single channel along the front and back exterior of the box, about a centimeter inside the edge. On top of the lid (b) is a pewter statue of a bison with text embossed in the statue base that reads “FINE PEWTER.” There is a black plaque on the front of the box that is split into two section, top section on the front of the lid (b) and bottom section on the box (a). The plaque has text that reads “LINK / ETTA MOTEN BARNETT / LINKING IN FRIENDSHIP / BUFFALO, NEW YORK / 3-9-91.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 9, 1991
• Commissioned by: The Links, Incorporated, American, founded 1946
• Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
• Type: storage containers
• Medium: glass and pewter
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 13/16 × 3 9/16 × 3 5/8 in. (9.7 × 9.1 × 9.2 cm)
• Place used: Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• 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
• Topic: Women's organizations
• Object number: A2022.13.1.46ab
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

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: © The Links, Incorporated Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.