Yellow and black leather costume worn by Bootsy Collins
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1990
name: label: Designed by
content: Tom the Leatherman, American
label: Manufactured by
content: New Rock, founded 1978
label: Worn by
content: Bootsy Collins, American, born 1951
notes: label: Description
content: 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).
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Funk (Music)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bootsy Collins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.234.2
objectType: label: Type
content: ensembles (costume)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Jacket (1abc): leather, metal, and synthetic fiber
label: Medium
content: Pants (.2): leather, synthetic fiber and metal
label: Medium
content: Hat (.3): leather and metal with plastic and nylon buckram
label: Medium
content: Platform boots (.4ab): leather, rubber, metal, and cotton cord shoelaces with plastic aglets