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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1990
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0415.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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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

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Width: N/A
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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: 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: To promote something, and indicate personal support for person, cause, etc. being promoted.
Technical: 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://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0415.001/

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