Museum object · Jewelry and Adornment
Earrings featuring a portrait of Assata Shakur
2015
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A pair of "fab" earrings. The earrings are on a cardboard tag. It has a pale cheetah print background. There is a pink circle in the middle with a pink border with a 3-D effect. There are smaller grey and white circles going around the pink circle. The word [fab] is printed inside the pink circle with black ink and there is a hole at the top of the tag. Underneath the circle there is a "fab" website. Below, in a white background it reads [visit lovemyfab @] with logos for Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest. The earrings have gold fish hook backs. The earrings are a large rectangle with a sepia portrait of Assata Shakur. She is holding a sign with the numbers [97379]. The word [POLICE] is partially showing behind the numbers. The images has a clear plastic cover over it. The backs of the earrings are a bronze metallic color.
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Catalog reference: 2015.251.14.10abc
