Olive branch given to Tommie Smith at the 1968 Olympics
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Tommie Smith, American, born 1944
label: Distributed by
content: Hellenic Olympic Committee, Greek, founded 1894
notes: label: Description
content: An Olympic olive tree box.
label: Description
content: A long, rectangular light brown wooden box. There is a thick clear lid that is attached with a screw in each corner. There is a handwritten inscription in black ink on the bottom proper left corner. There are a few scratches and smudges on the lid.
label: Description
content: The proper left side has two (2) golden color metal hinges. The proper right side has a metal box clasp in the center and two rectangular gold colored metal plates. The plates have engraved text.
label: Description
content: The plate near the top of the box reads ["???I??S", ????S ????OS ???????S / ?G ???? ???T??? ?????O? ??????????O?]. The plate near the bottom of the box reads ["KOTINOS", BRANCH OF WILD OLIVE, FROM THE SACRED ALTIS / OF OLIMPIA, GLORIOUS PRIZE ANCIENT OLYMPIC WINNERS / PRESENTED BY THE HELLENIC OLYMPIC COMMITTEE].
label: Description
content: On the back side of the box there is a handwritten inscription in black ink.
label: Description
content: The inside of the box is lined with shiny taupe polyester. There is a clear plastic bag near the bottom of the box. It has an undetermined substance inside of it. The bag is tied with grey and off-white ribbon. There is a branch coming out of the bag. The branch goes off into several different directions. The sections of the branch have dried up brown leaves which have curled with age.
place: label: Place collected
content: Athens, Greece, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Olympics
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommie and Delois Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.110.5
objectType: label: Type
content: trophies (prizes)
label: Type
content: plants
label: Type
content: boxes (containers)
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: plastic, metal, wood, organic material, plant fiber, polyester, paper, tape, and graphite
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 13 × 5 × 1 1/2 in. (33 × 12.7 × 3.8 cm)