Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)
ca. 1825
1920.4
Watercolor on ivory
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Harlem Globetrotters Game
Title
Harlem Globetrotters Game
Date
1971
Medium
Paper
Dimensions
box: 9 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 24.8 x 48.9 x 3.8 cm )
Description
Bi-fold game board, 20 basket disks, deck of 48 basketball cards: 12 each red, orange, green, blue, instructions
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
2003.71
Gallery Label
This game celebrates the Harlem Globetrotters, the comic basketball team that combined athleticism and comedy to create one of the best-known sports franchises in the world. Launched as a professional team in 1927, the group of African-American Chicago natives was named for the New York neighborhood that represented the essence of African-American culture. Ironically, the team did not actually play a game in Harlem until 1968.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
