Baseball bat used by the character Sal in the film Do the Right Thing
date: label: Date
content: 1989
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Hillerich & Bradsby Co., American, founded 1884
label: Used by
content: Danny Aiello, born 1933
label: Subject of
content: Spike Lee, American, born 1957
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden baseball bat used as a prop by the character Sal from the motion picture, "Do the Right Thing." Bat is inherently burned and distressed with charring throughout. Stamped inside an oval in the center of the front is text [HILLERICH & BRADSBY CO./NO. 9/H & B/MADE IN U.S.A./LOUISVILLE, KY.] Text is also stamped near top of bat [LEADER/MICKEY MANTLE].
place: label: Place used
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Film
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Props and Set Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.270.4
objectType: label: Type
content: bats
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: wood
label: Dimensions
content: 33 × 2 5/8 × 2 5/8 in. (83.8 × 6.7 × 6.7 cm)