Pin back button from Commodores 1978 Platinum Tour

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Object Details

Manufactured by

Unidentified

Distributed by

Motown Record Corporation, American, founded 1959

Subject of

Commodores, American, founded 1968

Description

A silver pin back button with black type. The black text follows the apex of the button and reads: [IT'S A NATURAL HIGH!]. Just beneath the arched text is the Motown logo. Beneath the logo are three lines of block black text which read: [COMMODORES / 1978 PLATINUM / TOUR]. The back of the pin has a metal clasp and an etched inscription.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

1978

Object number

2016.68.1

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

buttons (information artifacts)

Medium

paper, plastic laminate, metal

Dimensions

Diameter: 2 3/8 × 3/8 in. (6 × 1 cm)

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Exhibition

Musical Crossroads

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Entertainers

Rhythm and blues (Music)

Singers (Musicians)

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d0964125-489b-4ac6-a093-82ea3e5d1eb2

Record ID

nmaahc_2016.68.1