Object Details
- 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.
- Cite As
- Ethel Lois Payne Collection, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Avis R. Johnson.
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1991.0076.0143
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- necklace
- Medium
- wood, synthetic twine
- Dimensions
- 4 × 3/16 in. (10.2 × 0.5 cm)
- With string: 16 15/16 in. (43 cm)
- See more items in
- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Record ID
- acm_1991.0076.0143
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl824ceb6aa-f9e9-4982-b7df-1d7dcbea2dda
