Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Pinback button for the Frelimo
1972
Mozambique, Africa
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A pinback button supporting Frelimo, the Mozambique Liberation Movement. At the center of the button against a yellow background is an illustration in black of two figures, a man and a woman, walking along a river. The man carries a gun and a hoe; the woman has a baby and gun on her back and carries a basket of food on her head and a book in her hand. Along the edge of the button is a ring of green with black text reading in Portuguese [Frelimo Vencera / Estudar - Produzir - Combater] (Study - Produce - Fight). The exterior edge of the button has information about the Liberation Support Movement. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
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Catalog reference: 2013.68.100
