Award, Statue, MTV Video Music Awards, blank

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Object Details

Designer

Manhattan Design

Summary

This MTV "Moonman" statuette is the trophy given during the music television network's annual Video Music Awards. When Music Television (MTV) began in 1981, the new network about music, attitude, mood, and motion showed as their station identification colorized film of the Apollo lunar astronauts planting an MTV flag accompanied by rock music played on electric guitar. The award statue, designed by Manhattan Design, which also created the MTV logo, reinterpretted that film clip as a three-dimensional awards statuette.

MTV Networks gave this blank Moonman award to the Museum in 2007.

Credit Line

Gift of MTV Networks

Inventory Number

A20080039000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

AWARDS-Trophies

Materials

Award: Zinc, nickel silver plate, brass, paint, felt

Dimensions

3-D (Statue): 12.7 x 12.7 x 30.5cm, 3.3kg (5 x 5 x 12 in., 7 3/16lb.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv91a4bb356-3a24-439b-8bae-e1d5bd25b342

Record ID

nasm_A20080039000