Pencils From China

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 color lithograph of a bundle of colorful pencils, loosely tied with a bright red ribbon, against a black and yellow background. Each pencil has a pointed graphite tip, colorful, swirling marble-patterned shaft, gold-colored ferrule and pink eraser. One pencil in the bundle has white text along the shaft that reads “SIN WEN WHA.” The red ribbon around the pencils is loose, with two pencils falling beneath the bundle and the ribbon ends floating free above the bundle. A single pencil floats free in the air above the rest of the bundle. The bundle lies atop a black, colorfully patterned semi-circle vessel with a twisted black and white edge. The vessel sits on an uneven yellow surface. Along the right side, within the black background, are red Chinese characters.

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