Case for chaplain kit used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley
date: label: Date
content: 1939-1944
name: label: Issued by
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
label: Used by
content: Louis J. Beasley, American, 1907 - 2001
notes: label: Description
content: A case (a) with removable joint (b) used to store the Chaplain's Kit used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley. The case is made from black metal, with a black plastic handle and two (2) black metal clasps on the front, and is rectangular in shape. The case lid is attached to the base with hinges along the back edge. The interior of the case has two levels. The top level is a formed sheet of metal, the same material as the exterior of the case, that unfolds to serve as an altar. The altarpiece is affixed to the interior of the case by a hinge along its back edge, and cannot be removed. The altarpiece has two additional (2) retractable flaps, one hinged onto the left side and the other hinged onto the right side, which fold down to extend the altarpiece. Both the left side and the right side have a triangular piece of metal hinged to the underside, which supports each side once they are folded down. There is a cloth strap affixed to the interior of the lid that snaps to the underside of the altarpiece platform, to hold the altarpiece up when accessing the level below. Below the metal altarpiece, the bottom level is segmented into three (3) rows with compartments to hold objects to be used when performing Christan services. The rows on the left and the right are lined with blue velour fabric, and have specific divots and indentations to indicate which specific item should be stored in which place. The central row is unlined, and is not subdivided. On the outside of the case, just below the handle, painted in yellow, is [U.S.].
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Catholicism
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Worship services
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Louis J. Beasley Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.205.1.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: communion sets
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: metal, velour, plastic, wood and cord
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 15 1/2 × 18 × 7 in. (39.4 × 45.7 × 17.8 cm)