Pinback button for the Frelimo
date: label: Date
content: 1972
name: label: Created by
content: Liberation Support Movement, American, 1969 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Mozambique Liberation Front, Mozambican, founded 1962
notes: label: Description
content: A pinback button supporting Frelimo, the Mozambique Liberation Movement. At the center of the button against a yellow background is an illustration in black of two figures, a man and a woman, walking along a river. The man carries a gun and a hoe; the woman has a baby and gun on her back and carries a basket of food on her head and a book in her hand. Along the edge of the button is a ring of green with black text reading in Portuguese [Frelimo Vencera / Estudar - Produzir - Combater] (Study - Produce - Fight). The exterior edge of the button has information about the Liberation Support Movement. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Mozambique, Africa
label: Place made
content: British Columbia, Canada, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Multilingual communication
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: Liberation Support Movement
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: 2013.68.100
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 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 3/16 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 0.5 cm)