Ray Barbee pro model skatedeck with Sean Cliver graphic
date: label: date made
content: 2022
name: label: artist
content: Cliver, Sean
label: maker
content: Strangelove Skateboards
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Laminated maple skatedeck with blue background and a gray and black reclining 'rag doll' figure holding a deck of cards in one hand and a red baseball cap in the other. According to the donor, "This board commemorates the collective history of graphics done for professional skateboarder Ray Barbee by Sean Cliver. In 1989, Cliver, a native of Stevens Point, WI, was hired through an “art contest” by Powell-Peralta, a Santa Barbara, CA, based skateboard manufacture at the time. Cliver’s first original graphic at the company was created for Ray Barbee, a highly influential African American skateboarder from San Jose, CA and newly turned “streetstyle” pro for the world famous “Bones Brigade” team. Over the decades, Sean and Ray continued to collaborate on graphics for his various pro models, all featuring the “Rag doll” character which had become synonymous with him and used on a variety of sponsor’s products, from boards to apparel and footwear. In 2022, Ray agreed to do a special guest model with StrangeLove, celebrating over three decades of the “Rag doll” character."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: skateboarding
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0252.01
label: accession number
content: 2022.0252
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0252.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: skatedeck
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 in x 9 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 83.82 cm x 24.13 cm x 3.81 cm