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Mao badge

Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2009-19.70
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Round 4.2 cm. diam. Silver décor agaist red ground. Large silver medallion of Mao profile in upper half+;below to right = a set of 5 standing books with another lying open in front ; 1st book in stack has red 5-point star & 5 red indentations (? For titles?) series of flags in red ground below, above this & behind Mao = starburst patern. Center bottom – plaza with single gate building/wall (Tian’anmen?), squares delineated (looks like longitude & latitude) to left of plaza structure at front & rear corners = radio towers (broadcast waves in red background; border (.2 cm.) with contiunuous band of 5-pointed stars. Back: head-shaped indentation within a circle. Clasp = at forehead level. Below circular indentation, almost at edge, = 2-line inscription: “努力办好广播为全中国人民和全世界人民服务” ; “中央广播事业局(金+号?)”.

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Title
Mao 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. 4.2 cm. (1 5/8 in.); overall: ca. 77 x ca. 90 cm. (30 5/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Zhang Hongtu
Object Number
2009-19.70
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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