Museum object · checkers (game pieces)
Bag of red and black checker pieces used by Herman Wallace while incarcerated
after 1972
Angola, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
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 small clear plastic bag of red and black checkers pieces used by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison. The bag is tied closed.
- Catalog date
- after 1972
- Recorded places
- Angola, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; American South; Men; Mental health; Prisons; Recreation
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: A2018.36.1.13.4
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection