- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Hicks, Valeria
- Date
- ca. 1969
- Medium
- glass, metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 1/4 × 1/4 × 1/4 in. (8.3 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- Metal hairpin with semi-translucent blue glass sphere at end. The metal is slightly corroded.
- Place used
- Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Jewelry and Adornment
- Weapons and Ammunition
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Black Power (Black Pride)
- Type
- hairpins
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Barbara Hicks-Collins in memory of father, Robert "Bob" Hicks; Aunt, Grace Hicks-Berry; sister, Valeria Hicks-Smith and in honor of mother, Valeria Payton-Hicks and women of the Bogalusa Civil Rights Movement
- Object number
- 2014.60.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




