Tie dye dress belonging to Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: 1974
name: label: Designed by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a tie dye dress belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. The dress is a lightweight fabric with purple tie dye diagonal stripes against a white background. The long dress is in a straight style, with a knee-high slit at the bottom. It has long sleeves that are gathered at the wrists. It has a high round neckline in the front and a large round keyhole back that tie at the neck with a narrow strip of fabric. There is no tag or maker’s mark.
place: label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Etta Moten Barnett Archive
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.13.1.79
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
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: cloth
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 57 1/16 × 16 1/8 in. (145 × 41 cm)