NAACP Image Award, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1970
name: label: presenter
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This special award was presented to Duke Ellington by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), in 1970. It is two cast bronze hands holding a globe, on a resin and wood block, with an engraved metal plate. The plate is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>NAACP IMAGE AWARD 1970<br>HE’S THE DUKE TO THOSE<br>OF US WHO LOVE HIM<br>BUT HE IS THE KING OF MUSIC</p>
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: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Jazz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.148
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.148
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trophy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: resin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 11 1/2 in x 3 7/8 in; 27.94 cm x 29.21 cm x 9.8425 cm