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Object Type
Museum number: 2004,0108.162
Description: Chairman Mao badge. (whole); Three-quarter portrait of Mao Zedong (head and collar with red tabs) on gold circle, surrounded by red sunray background. Nine plum blossom flowers on the red sunray background. Below Mao is a gold warship on the waves. The gold outer circle contains the inscription. (obverse); Hollowed out form of Mao's head. (reverse)
Production date: 1966-1976
Production place: Made in: China
Materials: aluminium; plastic
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 48 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This object was made during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: plum blossom/tree; politics
Associated names: Portrait of: Mao Zedong 毛泽东; Named in inscription: Chinese Communist Party
Associated events: Associated Event: Cultural Revolution; Associated Event: 1st National People’s Congress (September 1954)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2004
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 2004,0108.162
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: DH 194 (temporary number)

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