Object Details
- Manufactured by
- elope, inc., founded 1993
- Owned by
- Bootsy Collins, American, born 1951
- Description
- A pair of sunglasses with five-pointed star-shaped mirrored lenses lisensed by Bootsy Collins. The bridge is made of a gold colored metal and has two (2) clear rubber nosepads attached to it. The arms are made of the same gold colored metal and the earpieces are made of black plastic. Near the hinge on each exterior arm is raised text reading "BOOTSY" with the center of each letter O containing a five-pointed star. The interior of the proper left earpiece has white printed text reading "Bootzilla makers of those funky thangs to play with". White text printed on the interior of the proper right earpiece reads "LS2511 drpeepers.com CHINA".
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bootsy Collins
- 1993-2013
- Object number
- 2015.234.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Type
- sunglasses
- Medium
- plastic, metal, and rubber
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 × 5 15/16 × 5 3/4 in. (7.6 × 15.1 × 14.6 cm)
- See more items in
- 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
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Clothing and dress
- Costume
- Funk (Music)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2015.234.3
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5431082e2-d20d-48b0-bbe4-b7ff0a3e7dcd
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