Object Details
- Description
- An American Music Awards trophy given to Whitney Houston in 1987 for "Favorite Female Vocalist Soul / R & B". The trophy is a tall Lucite™ pyramid on a cube-shaped black-painted wood base. The clear quadrilateral pyramid is affixed to a small square Lucite™ platform that is adhered to the wood base. The pyramid has no markings or text. Etched onto the front edge of the square platform is the text infilled with white [AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD]. The black square wood base has a gold metal plaque affixed to the front. The plaque is etched with text infilled with black [FAVORITE FEMALE VOCALIST/ Soul/ R & B/ Whitney Houston/ 1987]. On the back of the base in the lower left corner is a small gold-colored metal strip etched with the text [8741] infilled in black. The bottom of the wood base is covered in black felt.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Issued by
- American Music Awards, founded 1973
- Owned by
- Whitney Houston, American, 1963 - 2012
- Date
- 1987
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Whitney Houston
- Medium
- Lucite™, wood, metal and felt
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 14 × 4 5/8 × 4 11/16 in. (35.6 × 11.7 × 11.9 cm)
- Type
- trophies (prizes)
