Necklace from the Acapulco Black Film Festival
- Subject of
- American Black Film Festival, American, founded 1997
- Date
- 2000
- Medium
- sterling silver
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Overall): 11 7/16 × 1 1/16 × 1/4 in. (29 × 2.7 × 0.6 cm)
- H x W x D (2019.55.5a): 1 11/16 × 1 1/16 × 1/4 in. (4.3 × 2.7 × 0.6 cm)
- L x W (2019.55.5b): 20 3/16 × 3/16 in. (51.2 × 0.5 cm)
- Description
- A sterling silver pendant (2019.55.5a) with chain (2019.55.5b) from the Acapulco Black Film Festival (ABFF) held in 2000.
- 2019.55.5a: The pendent is oval shaped and depicts a cutout of the ABFF logo. The ABFF logo resembles a stylized half rayed-sun with a half of an eye at the center and a film strip at the bottom. The year of the festival is printed in molded text on the film strip that reads [2000]. The back of the pendant is smooth with a single stamp that reads [[S]TERLI[NG]].
- 2019.55.5b: The chain is a twenty (20) inch, sterling silver, rope chain. Stamped on each end of the chain is the text [925/ ITALY and Az].
- Place used
- Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Place made
- Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Italy, Europe
- Classification
- Adornment
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- necklaces
- Topic
- Film
- Holidays and festivals
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jeff and Nicole Friday
- Object number
- 2019.55.5ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible