National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. Award, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1960
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trophy bowl was presented to Duke Ellington by the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. in 1960. It is made of silver with a detachable lid. There is a winged figure with a wreath on top of the lid. The bowl is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>DUKE ELLINGTON<br>ON THE OCCASSION OF THE 41st ANNUAL CONVENTION<br>OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEGRO MUSICIANS, INC.<br>WE PAY TRIBUTE TO YOUR LIMITLESS CONTRIBUTIONS<br>TO THE MUSICAL HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF OUR COUNTRY<br>KENNETH BROWN BILLUPS, PRESIDENT<br>LEROY H. BOYD, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY<br>WILSON WOOBECK, CHAIRMAN</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. (NANM) started in Washington, D.C. as a conference of African-American musicians under the leadership of Henry Grant and Nora Holt, in 1919. NANM’s first conference was subsequently held in Chicago the same year. The National Association of Negro Musician, Inc. is the oldest organization in this country dedicated to the “preservation, encouragement, and advocacy of the music of Black Americans.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.124
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.124
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bowl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in; x 20.32 cm