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OBJECT TYPE: protest/pinback
DATE: 2013
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2014.0210.001

MANUFACTURER: Wackymedia
MODEL: Suicide by Petrol
LOCATION: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Square face of button is coated paper: black graphic printed on white background; bright silver metal pinback; matt black synthetic [?] insert shields pin mounting.

Dimensions

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Length: 5.3 cm
Width: 5.3 cm
Height: 1.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Wackymedia
Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: This specific button never used.
Canada: The pin [button] has been designed in Canada and sold on Zazzle.ca. The maker, wackymedia, described the messages imbedded in the pin [button] on the Zazzle.ca web site: “About the Design Suicide by petrol. Are gas prices bringing you to the brink of self destruction? Are the fume and smog making you sick? Suicide by petroleum nozzle. Sign human icon is oil addict refueling for the last time. Gas pump headed towards disaster.” One of many products with the same massage, including stickers and postcards. The maker is not identified by name. We only know that she is a comedian, blogger and a radio commentator on union affairs from Vancouver, BC. [Ref. 1]
Function: To express one's views on a specific person, place, event or subject.
Technical: The pin[button] is part of a collection of protest signs, pins and stickers that were acquired to show that all sources of energy, and many energy related issues are widely questioned by our society. [Ref. 1]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: No text.
Missing: None.
Finish: Square face of button is coated paper: black graphic printed on white background; bright silver metal pinback; matt black synthetic [?] insert shields pin mounting.
Decoration: Stylized graphic depicts human icon standing beside gas pump, holding gun-shaped nozzle to their head.

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Wackymedia, Button, 2013, Artifact no. 2014.0210, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2014.0210.001/

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