Ethel Payne’s BMP-A Pendant
Object Details
- Date
- 20th century
- Medium
- wood, synthetic twine
- Dimensions
- 4 × 3/16 in. (10.2 × 0.5 cm)
- With string: 16 15/16 in. (43 cm)
- Cite As
- Ethel Lois Payne Collection, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Avis R. Johnson.
- Caption
- A gold cord suspends this round, wooden pendant necklace. On the pendant’s front, embossed initials (“BMP”) and the number “84” encircle the letter “A”, while its back bears an engraved cross. Though the pendant’s markings remain a mystery, the necklace belonged to Ethel L. Payne (1911-1991), a longtime Washington, DC resident who became known as First Lady of the Black Press for her pioneering journalism career.
- Accession Number
- 1991.0076.0143
- Type
- necklace
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- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Metadata Usage
- Usage conditions apply
- Record ID
- acm_1991.0076.0143
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