Poet Laureate Plaque

Object/Artifact

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Poet Laureate Plaque

Entry/Object ID

NU 2022.48

Description

A rectangular piece of wood with shiny brass plates screwed into the wood. At the top is 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 all six in the leftmost column engraved, and three in the rightmost column engraved. There are two brass 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

1990 - 1999

Time Period

20th Century

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Front of plaque

Transcription

Poetry for Everyone / Los Gatos Poet Laureate / of the Year Paul Mooney 1990 / Isobel J. Carson 1991-92 / Joan Barriga 1992-93 / Robert Aldrich 1993-94 / Jeffrey Koopersmith 1994-95 / Barbara Junge 1995-96 / Robert Aldrilh 1996-97 / Christie Welter 1997-98 / Sharman Bacigalupi 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