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Mao badge,
10/1/1967
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2009-19.50
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Didactics
Irregularly-shaped (Mao’s head in 3⁄4 profile) gold Mao with red enamel star in cap, collar tabs. Back: Inscription (top): “毛主席塑像/落成莫礼纪念” ; (bottom): “中国人民/ 第二炮兵利 放军/1967.10.1”
Information
Title
Mao badge
Dates
10/1/1967
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
overall: ca. 77 x ca. 90 cm. (30 5/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Zhang Hongtu
Object Number
2009-19.50
Culture
Subject
–2009 Collection of Zhang Hongtu (Woodside, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2009.