Pinback button for Tuff Gong
date: label: Date
content: after 1970
name: label: Issued by
content: Tuff Gong, Jamaican, founded 1970
label: Subject of
content: Bob Marley, Jamaican, 1945 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Jamaican, 1963 - 1981
notes: label: Description
content: A pinback button for Tuff Gong. The button background looks like a record with red and yellow stripes and a black circle at the center. Red and yellow block text at center reads [Tuff / Gong]. Black text on the left side read [Smile Jamaica / Bob Marley and the Wailers]. Black text on the right side read [Prod. by Bob Marley]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Reggae (Music)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.68.98
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 5/16 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.8 cm)