On View
Making a Way Gallery
Exhibition
Making a Way Out of No Way
Created by
Unidentified
Used by
Dr. Ben Carson, American, born 1951
Date
1994
Medium
wood, lacquer, and mother of pearl
Dimensions
H x W x D: 4 1/8 × 26 5/16 × 3 3/8 in., 4 lb. (10.5 × 66.8 × 8.6 cm, 1.8 kg)
Description
This desktop nameplate is made from black laquered wood with mother of pearl insets. Text in mother of pearl runs across the center of the nameplate that reads "Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D.". The text is bordered by a decorative floral vine in mother of pearl, with two (2) dragons inside the border on the left and right sides of the text.
Place made
South Korea, Asia
Classification
Tools and Equipment-Occupational
Type
nameplates
Topic
Medicine
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., MD
Object number
2012.73.3
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e1658627-cb0a-494e-978b-07500d225123

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