Museum Collections
Historical Artifacts
Tobacco premium
Object Number:
2002.1.2731
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Description:
A black woven silk ribbon with fine silver top and bottom border lines with a white flag with blue diagonal slashes around a red and blue yin-yang circle above the word "Korea" in silver. Presently the flag of South Korea. One in a series of collectible ribbons featuring Flags and Standards of the World. Given as a collectible premium by cigarette manufacturers, a paper label on the reverse reads "The American Tobacco Co., Inc./ New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.





