Purple leather belt worn by Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic
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Object Details
- Created by
- Tony Lama Boots, American, founded 1911
- Worn by
- Bernie Worrell, American, 1944 - 2016
- Subject of
- Parliament-Funkadelic, American, founded 1955
- Description
- A purple leather belt worn by Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic as part of Worrell's "Wizard of Woo" costume ensemble during the 1996 "Mothership Reconnection Tour."
- The belt features two brown lizard skin belt loops, an engraved silver buckle, and brown lizard skin at the beginning and tip of the strap. On the backside of the belt in large black stamp print is: [FINAL SALE 34 LM7 1006]. The Tony Lama “Made in U.S.A.” logo is also imprinted on the back of the belt, in the direction of the buckle.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Judie Worrell and Bassl Worrell
- mid 1990s
- Object number
- 2021.43.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- costume
- belts (costume accessories)
- Medium
- leather and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 39 1/4 × 1 3/16 × 1/4 in. (99.7 × 3 × 0.7 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Costume
- Movement
- Afrofuturism
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse, C 050
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Clothing and dress
- Funk (Music)
- Men
- Music
- Musicians
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2021.43.3
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd522b08229-ff52-4d5b-8ab7-f9c444daa567
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