Yellow and black leather costume worn by Bootsy Collins

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Object Details

Designed by

Tom the Leatherman, American

Manufactured by

New Rock, founded 1978

Worn by

Bootsy Collins, American, born 1951

Description

A yellow and black leather costume designed by Tom The Leatherman (Tom Wojciechowski) and worn by Bootsy Collins that consists of a jacket(.1abc), pants (.2), a hat (.3), and a pair of black platform boots (.4ab).

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bootsy Collins

Date

ca. 1990

Object number

2015.234.2

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

ensembles (costume)

Medium

Jacket (1abc): leather, metal, and synthetic fiber

Pants (.2): leather, synthetic fiber and metal

Hat (.3): leather and metal with plastic and nylon buckram

Platform boots (.4ab): leather, rubber, metal, and cotton cord shoelaces with plastic aglets

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Clothing - Costume

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Clothing and dress

Costume

Funk (Music)

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Singers (Musicians)

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b56ea46c-1d25-4873-9505-49db12032a86

Record ID

nmaahc_2015.234.2