Crown tie tack worn by Reverend Ike
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-early 21st century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Worn by
content: Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, American, 1935 - 2009
notes: label: Description
content: A jewel-encrusted crown-shaped tie tack worn by Reverend Ike. The gold tone tie tack features a crown shaped front face encrusted with white, red, green, and blue rhinestones The crown has three arches set with small, round, white rhinestone points, and a single green rhinestone point at the bottom of the center arch. The crown cap is represented by two marquise cut red rhinestones. At the bottom of the crown is a band of channel set blue rhinestone baguettes framed by two rows of gold beads. The crowns are capped with a square cut, green rhinestone topped by an empty setting for a missing round-shaped rhinestone. The tie tack has a single, gold tone, base metal post and a locking pin clutch with a ball top.
place: label: Place purchased
content: England, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
label: Topic
content: Preaching
label: Topic
content: Radio
label: Topic
content: Religion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eula M. Dent Eikerenkoetter (Wife) and Xavier F. Eikerenkoetter (Son)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.60.4
objectType: label: Type
content: tie tacks
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: rhinestone on metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (overall): 1 × 15/16 × 3/4 in. (2.5 × 2.4 × 2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (tie tack without locking pin): 1 × 15/16 × 11/16 in. (2.5 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (locking pin): 7/16 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (1.1 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm)