Irish-American Boxing Trophy Belt
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1900
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Embroidered nineteenth century boxing belt featuring both Irish and American iconography. Figures include two bare-knuckled pugilists, as well as shamrocks, harps, U.S. and Irish flags, and two builidings.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Irish Americans
label: name of sport
content: Boxing
label: web subject
content: Sports
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.64.0171
label: accession number
content: 249438
label: catalog number
content: 64.0171
objectType: label: Object Name
content: belt, boxing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather; textile; steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidery (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 36 in x 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 91.44 cm x 1.905 cm