Earrings featuring a portrait of Assata Shakur
date: label: Date
content: 2015
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Fab Boutique, American
label: Subject of
content: Assata Olugbala Shakur, American, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: Million Man March, American, founded 1995
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of "fab" earrings.
label: Description
content: The earrings are on a cardboard tag. It has a pale cheetah print background. There is a pink circle in the middle with a pink border with a 3-D effect. There are smaller grey and white circles going around the pink circle. The word [fab] is printed inside the pink circle with black ink and there is a hole at the top of the tag. Underneath the circle there is a "fab" website. Below, in a white background it reads [visit lovemyfab @] with logos for Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.
label: Description
content: The earrings have gold fish hook backs. The earrings are a large rectangle with a sepia portrait of Assata Shakur. She is holding a sign with the numbers [97379]. The word [POLICE] is partially showing behind the numbers. The images has a clear plastic cover over it.
label: Description
content: The backs of the earrings are a bronze metallic color. There are floral designs made out of a soft black material. The back of the tag has the pale cheetah pattern with the outline of a pink heart. There is text about the earrings inside of the heart. There is also a white circle at the bottom with a black outline and a handwritten red [10] inside.
place: label: Place collected
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Million Man March Anniversary Collection
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: Black Lives Matter
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: 2015.251.14.10abc
objectType: label: Type
content: earrings
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on cardboard and metal with paper, plastic laminate, metallic paint, and velvet
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Earrings): 3 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (7.9 × 3.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Overall including packaging): 4 1/8 × 3 in. (10.5 × 7.6 cm)