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Mao badge
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2009-19.84
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Didactics
Round 5.65 cm. diam. Large, 3⁄4 frontal view high-relief head-to-collar Mao. Chinese flags (ruby with stars) floating against plain red ground behind Mao, with [buildings?] in red below. Silver 天安门floats below Mao. Back: head-shaped indentation; clasp/pin = 1⁄2-way up. Inscription at bottom, below indentation, in running script: “毛主席万岁”.
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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. 5.65 cm. (2 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
2009-19.84
Culture
Subject
–2009 Collection of Zhang Hongtu (Woodside, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2009.