Chinese Communist Party Badge
Chinese Communist Party Badge

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Chinese Communist Party Badge

Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2009-19.32
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Rectangular .95 cm. h x 3.1 cm. l. red plastic ground with design in gold. At left = hammer & sickle in a square, framed by radiating starburst pattern. To right = 1-line inscription: “中国共产党万岁 ”. edging at top & bottom edges = short parallel lines. Back: pin attached by clear plastic rectangular tube

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Title
Chinese Communist Party Badge
Medium
146 political badges of various shapes and sizes pinned on a T-shirt with a silkscreened image of Mao Zedong in pigtails by Zhang Hongtu
Dimensions
badge: diam. .95 cm. h x 3.1 cm. w (3/8 in. h x 1 /4 in.); overall: ca. 77 x ca. 90 cm. (30 5/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Zhang Hongtu
Object Number
2009-19.32
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Subject
revolutions

–2009 Collection of Zhang Hongtu (Woodside, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2009.

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