Pen used by Michele A. Roberts to sign NBPA's 2017 agreement with the NBA
date: label: Date
content: January 19, 2017
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Montblanc, German, founded 1906
label: Used by
content: Michele A. Roberts, American, born 1956
label: Subject of
content: National Basketball Association, American, founded 1946
label: Subject of
content: National Basketball Players Association, American, founded 1954
notes: label: Description
content: This is a Montblanc blue ink ballpoint pen with black body (a) and cap (b), used by Michele A Roberts, Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), to sign the NBPA's collective bargaining agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2017. The cap is detachable and has a silver clip and a silver ring around the base embossed with [MONT BLANC]. Incised in silver onto the side of the cap is a figure of a basketball player with ball. The pen has a silver tip and silver accents at the cap base and end. The pen is stored in black Montblanc box with white interior.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Basketball
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of National Basketball Players Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.22ab
objectType: label: Type
content: pens
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: resin and metal and ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5/8 × 5 1/2 × 1/2 in. (1.6 × 14 × 1.3 cm)