On View
Sports Gallery
Exhibition
Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
Manufactured by
Waterford Crystal, Irish, founded 1783
Subject of
Bayou Classic, founded 1974
Odums, Dawson, American
Grambling State University, American, founded 1901
Southern University at New Orleans, American, founded 1956
Date
2014
Medium
crystal (lead glass) , metal , wood and felt
Dimensions
H x W x D (trophy): 22 × 8 × 8 in. (55.9 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm)
H x W x D (base): 3 3/4 × 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (9.5 × 26.7 × 26.7 cm)
H x W x D (Trophy on base): 25 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (64.8 × 26.7 × 26.7 cm)
Description
Crystal vase/urn-shaped trophy (2015.149a) with metal plaque adhered to side. Plaque has image of a jaguar and a tiger biting a football, with black type that reads, [BAYOU CLASSIC/SINCE/1974/GRAMBLING SOUTHERN]. Crystal trophy sits on a square base (2015.149b) with a felt top. Base has brass plaque at front with black type that reads, [2014 BAYOU CLASSIC/CHAMPIONS/SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY JAGUARS/DAWSON ODUMS, COACH].
Place used
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Awards and Medals
Type
trophies (prizes)
Topic
American South
Associations and institutions
Education
Football
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
Social life and customs
Sports
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Southern University System, Southern University and A&M College, University of Louisiana System, Grambling State University
Object number
2015.149
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5964388dc-6a76-4bb6-b5b2-ecc68e271762

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