Costume arms armor and harness for Tin Man in The Wiz on Broadway
date: label: Date
content: 1975
name: label: Designed by
content: Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014
label: Created by
content: Fred Nihda, 1931 - 1997
label: Worn by
content: Tiger Haynes, American, 1914 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: This left arm cannon armor (a), right arm cannon armor (b), and leather harness (c) are part of a costume worn by Tiger Haynes as Tin Man in "The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical 'Wizard of Oz'" on Broadway. The vambrace is comprised of upper cannon segments that cover the upper arms and lower cannon segments that cover the forearms. The elbows are left uncovered. All of the segments join together with a harness of leather straps. The cannons are made from reinforced plastic that was formed into irregularly-shaped graduated cylinders to fit around each arm. Each upper cannon attaches to the corresponding lower cannon across the elbow with two (2) leather straps. Both upper cannons are edged in leather along the top edge and with cloth tape along the bottom edge. The interiors of all four cannons are painted with silver metallic paint and have various repairs throughout the interiors and at the opening edges using tape.
label: Description
content: The left cannon (a) has an upper and a lower piece. The upper left cannon has five (5) horizontal lengths of cord glued to the front, and a half-circle of reinforced plastic riveted at the top, all of which are painted in silver metallic paint. The lower left cannon is shaped like a pitcher, so that when the wearer lifted his wrist above his elbow, the cannon looked like a round-bottomed metal pitcher. The bulbous portion is nearest to the wearer's elbow, and a shallow spout is at the wearer's wrist. This cannon is painted in silver metallic paint and further embellished with a red and green floral vine hand-drawn with colored ink. Three (3) holes at the outside edge indicate where a now missing handle was attached to the cannon.
label: Description
content: The right cannon (b) has an upper and a lower piece. The upper right cannon is painted with a dark tan ground. Two (2) sets of large, red-painted numbers made from reinforced plastic are glued to the main portion of the cannon. The numbers read from elbow to shoulder, on the front side "080" and on the back side "5804". The lower right cannon has two (2) stacked lengths of cord glued at the wrist and is painted all over with silver metallic paint.
label: Description
content: A belted leather harness (c) is attached to the outside top edge of the upper cannons. The harness has two (2) lengths of leather that loop around the wearer's shoulders and wrap around the wearer’s chest, closing with a metal buckle at the front.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, Manhattan, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
label: Exhibition
content: Taking the Stage
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.7.1.3abc
objectType: label: Type
content: lower cannons
label: Type
content: upper cannons
label: Type
content: belts (costume accessories)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: reinforced plastic, paint, leather, metal, cord, colored ink, tape, and glue
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 26 × 41 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (66 × 106 × 14.6 cm)