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Baseball cap souvenir from Prince's Jam of the Year Tour

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    Object Details

    Manufactured by

    Yupoong, Korean, founded 1974

    Subject of

    Prince, American, 1958 - 2016

    Description

    A baseball cap from Prince’s Jam of the Year Tour 1997. The cap is made of a black cotton-polyester blend fabric and has a low crown profile. The cap's stiff bill is formed by black fabric on top and green fabric on the underside stitched onto cardboard. White embroidered text across the crown reads: [emancipation]. Embroidered on both the proper left and proper right sides of the cap, in yellow thread, is the hybrid male-female symbol representing the Artist Formerly Known as Prince. The back of the cap has a plastic snap closure. Above the adjuster, text embroidered in white thread reads: [NPG]. Below the white text is black embroidered text: [RECORDS]. The interior of the cap has stiffener underneath the two (2) center crown panels of the cap. There is one (1) grommet surrounded by thread in the center of each of the six (6) panels that make up the cap, and one (1) fabric-covered rivet fastener at the top of the crown. A sweatband of the same black material as the cap is stitched along the cap edge. At the interior proper left side is a manufacturer's tag that reads: [YUPOONG/ 60% Cotton/ 40% Polyester/ One Size Fits All/ Made In/ Domincan Republic].

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dwandalyn R. Reece in memory of Pauline Watkins Reece

    Date

    1997

    Object number

    2015.45.2

    Restrictions & Rights

    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    baseball caps

    Medium

    cotton and polyester fabric, plastic, cardboard and metal

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 5 × 6 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (12.7 × 15.9 × 26.7 cm)

    Place purchased

    Alamodome, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Classification

    Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
    Clothing - Fashion and Historical

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Clothing and dress
    Funk (Music)
    Instrumentalists (Musicians)
    Popular music
    Rhythm and blues (Music)
    Rock and roll (Music)
    Singers (Musicians)

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5144e8f5b-bbe6-44a7-86db-36e9ea3d1904

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2015.45.2

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