Kennedy Center Master of African American Choreography Medal: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Kennedy Center Master of African American Choreography Medal awarded to Dr. Baba Chuck Davis. The medal is round, gold tone, and is attached to a red necklace ribbon with two (2) jump rings. Relief text on front reads [JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER / FOR THE / PERFORMING ARTS] at the top and inscribed in a rectangle on the bottom is [CHUCK DAVIS]. Between the top and bottom text is a relief depiction of the Kennedy Center. On the back of the medal is a relief swirl with stamped text in the arms of the swirl that reads [THE KENNEDY CENTER MASTERS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHY] with [2005] printed horizontally in the center of the swirl.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2005
• Issued by: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, American, founded 1971
• Owned by: Charles Rudolph Davis, American, 1937 - 2017
• Type: commemorative medals
• Medium: metal and ribbon
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Overall): 18 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 1/2 in. (46.3 × 6 × 1.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Medal): 2 5/8 × 2 3/8 × 3/16 in. (6.6 × 6 × 0.5 cm)
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Modern dance
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: A2018.98.1.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ngoma & Normadien Woolbright in memory of Dr. Chuck Davis
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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