Black cape owned by James Brown

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Object Details

Created by

Unidentified

Owned by

James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006

Description

A black silk satin, full-length cape with intricate beadwork on the collar. "James Brown" is also embroidered in the collar. Also included is a black circle button with a plastic silver bead and three small black tassels attached to it. The button was attached to the front, left side of the cape at chest high.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

1970-1989

Object number

2008.7.5ab

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

capes (outerwear)

Medium

silk, satin, plastic

Dimensions

H x W (2008.7.5a): 53 × 42 in. (134.6 × 106.7 cm)

2008.7.5b: 4 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 1 3/16 in. (12 × 9 × 3 cm)

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Clothing - Costume

Exhibition

Musical Crossroads

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Clothing and dress

Funk (Music)

Soul (Music)

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd572151464-9f71-46e6-9a4c-d1fda3ea23fa

Record ID

nmaahc_2008.7.5ab