Museum object · Awards, Medals, and Insignia
Kennedy Center Master of African American Choreography Medal
2005
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 Kennedy Center Master of African American Choreography Medal awarded to Dr. Baba Chuck Davis. The medal is round, gold tone, and is attached to a red necklace ribbon with two (2) jump rings. Relief text on front reads [JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER / FOR THE / PERFORMING ARTS] at the top and inscribed in a rectangle on the bottom is [CHUCK DAVIS]. Between the top and bottom text is a relief depiction of the Kennedy Center. On the back of the medal is a relief swirl with stamped text in the arms of the swirl that reads [THE KENNEDY CENTER MASTERS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHY] with [2005] printed horizontally in the center of the swirl.
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Catalog reference: A2018.98.1.3
