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Object Type
Museum number: 2004,0108.95
Description: Chairman Mao badge. (whole); Three-quarter portrait of Mao Zedong (head, cap with red star, collar with red tabs) on red sunray background. Below Mao is the inscription - inscription in Mao's calligraphy. (obverse); Hollowed out form of Mao's head. (reverse)
Production date: 1966-1976
Production place: Made in: China
Materials: aluminium; plastic
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 44 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This object was made during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Portrait of: Mao Zedong 毛泽东; Named in inscription: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Revolutionary Committee
Associated places: Named in inscription: Guangxi (autonomous region)
Associated events: Associated Event: Cultural Revolution
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2004
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 2004,0108.95
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: DH 127 (temporary number)

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