Glass Links box belonging to Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: March 9, 1991
name: label: Commissioned by
content: The Links, Incorporated, American, founded 1946
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Caption
content: The Links, Incorporated is an invitation-only social and service organization of prominent Black women in the United States founded in 1946. Etta Moten Barnett was the first honorary member of The Links, and was later invited to become an active member of the North Shore Illinois chapter.
label: Description
content: This is a cut glass box (a) with a small pewter statue of a bison on its lid (b). The glass box is square with its four corners delineated by deep carved decorative channels in the glass. There is a channel along the right and left exterior edge of the box, and two second parallel channels about a centimeter inside the edge. There is a single channel along the front and back exterior of the box, about a centimeter inside the edge. On top of the lid (b) is a pewter statue of a bison with text embossed in the statue base that reads “FINE PEWTER.” There is a black plaque on the front of the box that is split into two section, top section on the front of the lid (b) and bottom section on the box (a). The plaque has text that reads “LINK / ETTA MOTEN BARNETT / LINKING IN FRIENDSHIP / BUFFALO, NEW YORK / 3-9-91.”
place: label: Place used
content: Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Etta Moten Barnett Archive
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
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: A2022.13.1.46ab
objectType: label: Type
content: storage containers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © The Links, Incorporated
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass and pewter
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 13/16 × 3 9/16 × 3 5/8 in. (9.7 × 9.1 × 9.2 cm)