- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Distributed by
- Salaam International, American
- Owned by
- Al Amin, Khalid
- Al Amin, Patricia
- Subject of
- Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- stainless steel
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (.1): 6 7/16 × 15/16 × 1 in. (16.4 × 2.4 × 2.5 cm)
- H x W x D (.2): 7 1/2 × 15/16 × 1 in. (19.1 × 2.4 × 2.5 cm)
- H x W x D (.3): 8 11/16 × 3/4 × 3/16 in. (22.1 × 1.9 × 0.5 cm)
- H x W x D (.4): 7 9/16 × 1 1/2 × 7/8 in. (19.2 × 3.8 × 2.2 cm)
- H x W x D (.5): 6 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 3/4 in. (15.9 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm)
- H x W x D (.6): 6 1/16 × 1 5/16 × 3/4 in. (15.4 × 3.3 × 1.9 cm)
- H x W x D (.7): 6 3/4 × 3/4 × 5/8 in. (17.1 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm)
- Description
- Seven (7) piece place setting of stainless steel flatware purchased from Salaam International in Chicago, Illinois, in 1972 by Khalid and Patricia Al Amin. Each piece has a repeating design of stylized leaves and dots on the front handle and is marked on the verso handle "SALAAM STAINLESS KOREA" except the table knife (.3) which is marked on the verso blade. The pieces include:
- .1: salad fork
- .2: dinner fork
- .3: table knife
- .4: table spoon
- .5: tea spoon
- .6: dessert spoon
- .7: butter knife
- Place used
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Movement
- Black Nationalism
- Type
- knives (culinary tools)
- forks
- spoons
- Topic
- Business
- Cooking and dining
- Domestic life
- Nation of Islam
- Religion
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Khalid Al Amin
- Object number
- 2015.10.1.1-.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




