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The First Battle of Little Sparta, February 4, 1983 (Flute, Begin with Me), 1984

 Item — Box: 147
Identifier: CC-12418-12645

Scope and Contents

The medal depicts an automatic machine gun as a metaphor for a flute; commemorates first episode of an assult by the Strathclyde Region tax collectors on Finlay's home. The leaflet accompanyimg this medal commemorating the incident is a visual pun on Virgil's flute, with the vents in the barrel-sleeve as the finger-stops. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1984

Creator

Extent

2 items (2 objects) : 1 medal (brass plated aluminum) + folded leaflet ; 3 x 6 cm (medal) + 20 x 14 cm (leaflet)

Language of Materials

English

Original Sackner Archive Location

glass case 2 bedroom

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Materials Specific Details

Published: Dunsyre Lanark, Scotland : Wild Hawthorn Press. Nationality of creator: Scottish. Copies: About 30 total copies.

Processing Information

Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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