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Mao badge from Shanghai
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2009-19.60
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Didactics
Rectangular 1.25 cm. h x 2 cm. w. gold design on white enamel ground. Thin gold edge. Small profile of Mao in right 1/3 of badge; 2-line inscription in gold to left: “伟大领袖/毛主席万岁” Back: Just above clasp/pin at the center = the number “1”; underneath this = “上海”
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Title
Mao badge from Shanghai
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. 1.25 cm. (1/2 in.); overall: ca. 77 x ca. 90 cm. (30 5/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Zhang Hongtu
Object Number
2009-19.60
Culture
Subject
–2009 Collection of Zhang Hongtu (Woodside, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2009.