Red suit owned by James Brown
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Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006
- Description
- A red jumpsuit with a red vest worn by James Brown. The jumpsuit (2008.7.3.1) is red with long sleeves. The sleeves have geometric square patterns from shoulder to cuff in gold printed fabric. The vest (2008.7.3.2) is knee length and has two geometric square patterns running vertically on the front. It also has two buttons and a plunging collar. The designs begin at hem of the vest and extend to where the cuffs of the jumpsuit would begin when worn.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1970-1989
- Object number
- 2008.7.3.1-.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Type
- Costume
- Medium
- synthetic fiber
- Dimensions
- H x W (2008.7.3.1): 59 1/2 × 56 1/2 in. (151.1 × 143.5 cm)
- H x W (2008.7.3.2): 41 1/2 × 23 1/4 in. (105.4 × 59.1 cm)
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Costume
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Clothing and dress
- Funk (Music)
- Soul (Music)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2008.7.3.1-.2
- Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52a2afaba-6dbd-4be0-b732-d908574fb7c7
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