Award for Talent Show Contest Winner, 1954
date: label: Date
content: 1954
name: label: Owned by
content: Stu Gilliam, American, 1933 - 2013
notes: label: Description
content: A Talent Contest Winner Award from 1954. The award has tall wood base with metal theatrical masks on the top. The base includes a wood stepped platform at the bottom. In the center, a tall rectangular wood pillar rises with attached wood ribbed columns on either side. In the front of the pillar is a gold eagle perched on an orb. The eagle has its wings spread and looks to the right. Attached to the front of the pillar is a metal plaque with an added triangle at the top below which is etched and reads: [Talent Contest / 1954 / Winner]. Above the plaque, on the tallest pillar, the theatrical masks are posed one on top of the other. Behind the masks is a scroll, wrapping from the upper left to the lower right.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Comedy
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
label: Exhibition
content: Taking the Stage
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vivian Gilliam in memory of Stu Gilliam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.178.27
objectType: label: Type
content: trophies (prizes)
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 on wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 1/8 × 4 15/16 × 3 15/16 in. (25.7 × 12.5 × 10 cm)