Soccer ball from the Women's World Cup 1999
date: label: Date
content: 1999
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Adidas AG, German, founded 1948
label: Owned by
content: Briana Scurry, born 1971
label: Subject of
content: United States Women's National Soccer Team, American, founded 1985
notes: label: Description
content: An official match soccer ball for the 1999 Women's World Cup. The soccer ball is predominantly white with reflective stars and multicolored abstract shape decorations. Each of the decorations depicts iconic landmarks in the eight venue cities: San Jose, San Francisco, Portland, Oregon, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Boston, and Washington D.C. Dark blue type on one side of ball reads: [OFFICIAL / MATCH BALL / OF THE FIFA / WOMEN'S / WORLD CUP / 1999]. Dark blue type on another side of the ball reads: [TWO YEAR STITCHING AND SHAPE GUARANTEE / Engineered in / Germany]. Dark blue type on another side of the ball reads: [FIFA / APPROVED / 202.P7R]. Another side of the ball has a logo in dark blue and red that reads: [ICON]. Another side of the ball reads: [DRUCK/PRESSURE/PRESSION / PRESION 0, 9-1, 1 BAR / MADE IN MOROCCO]. Another side of the ball has the Adidas logo on it.
place: label: Place made
content: Morocco, North Africa, Africa
label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Germany, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Soccer
label: Topic
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Briana Scurry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.58.15
objectType: label: Type
content: balls (recreational artifacts)
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: polyester on syntactic foam and rubber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (deflated): 4 × 8 1/4 × 9 1/8 in. (10.2 × 21 × 23.2 cm)