Bag of red checkers pieces used by Herman Wallace while incarcerated: Museum Object and Cultural History
Bag of red checkers pieces used by Herman Wallace while incarcerated: Date: after 1972. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Herman Wallace, American, 1941 - 2013.
The object in the museum catalogue
A small clear plastic bag of red checker pieces used by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison. On one side of the bag in black ink is printed: [Made in China / Fabriqué en Chine]. The bag is unopened.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: after 1972
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Herman Wallace, American, 1941 - 2013
- Subject of: Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Type: checkers (game pieces)
- Medium: plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 4 1/2 × 4 5/16 × 9/16 in. (11.5 × 11 × 1.5 cm)
- Place used: Angola, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Men
- Topic: Mental health
- Topic: Prisons
- Topic: Recreation
- Object number: A2018.36.1.13.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maria Hinds
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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