Junior Poet Laureate Plaque

Object/Artifact

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Junior Poet Laureate Plaque

Entry/Object ID

NU 2022.47

Description

A rectangular piece of wood with shiny brass plates screwed into the wood. At the top of a large, rectangular piece of brass with the title of the plaque engraved on it. Below that are two columns of six smaller brass pieces, with the first five in the leftmost column engraved. There are two silver hooks screwed into the back of the wood, with a wire between them, for hanging the plaque.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Made/Created

Date made

1991 - 1999

Time Period

20th Century

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Front of plaque

Transcription

Poetry for Everyone / Los Gatos Jr. Poet Laureate / of the Year Daniele Dozier 1991-92 / Dana Hammons 1994-95 / Jessica Chaplin 1996-97 / Jamie Murray 1997-98 / Kari McClelland 1998-99

Language

English

Material/Technique

Etched

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Plaque, Award

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Award

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Achievement Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

9 in

Length

12 in

Material

Metal, Wood

Condition

Overall Condition

Good