Desktop nameplate used by Dr. Ben Carson
date: label: Date
content: 1994
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Dr. Ben Carson, American, born 1951
notes: label: Description
content: This desktop nameplate is made from black laquered wood with mother of pearl insets. Text in mother of pearl runs across the center of the nameplate that reads "Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D.". The text is bordered by a decorative floral vine in mother of pearl, with two (2) dragons inside the border on the left and right sides of the text.
place: label: Place made
content: South Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Medicine
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., MD
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.73.3
objectType: label: Type
content: nameplates
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: wood, lacquer, and mother of pearl
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 1/8 × 26 5/16 × 3 3/8 in., 4 lb. (10.5 × 66.8 × 8.6 cm, 1.8 kg)