Yellow and black leather costume worn by Bootsy Collins

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

ca. 1990

Object number

2015.234.2

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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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

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Clothing and dress

Costume

Funk (Music)

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Singers (Musicians)

Record ID

nmaahc_2015.234.2

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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