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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1990
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0415.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- Button
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Button front bears image of pink triangle, and text " SILENCE=DEATH". "996.14.9" printed by hand on metal back.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 4.3 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1990s
- Canada
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Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
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To promote something, and indicate personal support for person, cause, etc. being promoted. - Technical
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Pin produced by "ACT UP", an AIDS activist group, to promote community education re: HIV infection. The pink triangle, used by the Nazis to identify homosexuals, became a popular symbol of gay pride in the late 20th c. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Button front bears image of pink triangle, and text " SILENCE=DEATH". "996.14.9" printed by hand on metal back.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Black coated paper button mounted on silver metal back; silver metal pin fastener. Pink and white printed graphics & text.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Pin, 1990, Artifact no. 2002.0415, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0415.001/
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