University of Miami
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950s
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Collegiate pennant representing the University of Miami is dark green with red printing. The University of Miami was founded in 1925 and is in Coral Gables, Florida. The school's colors of orange and green are meant to be representative of the orange tree. The school is represented by Sebastian the Ibis, the ibis was selected as the school's mascot due to the legend that the ibis is the lsat animal to flee an approaching hurricane and is the first to return after the storm passes. This trait is meant to be a symbol of leadership and courage.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Education
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: collegiate
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Edith C. Keenan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1162.173
label: accession number
content: 1979.1162
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1162.173
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pennant
label: Object Name
content: pennant, collegiate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 29 1/4 in; 27.94 cm x 74.295 cm