Helmet for the Buffalo Bills worn by Bruce Smith
date: label: Date
content: 1990s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Riddell, American, founded 1929
label: Worn by
content: Bruce Smith, American, born 1963
label: Subject of
content: Buffalo Bills, American, founded 1960
notes: label: Description
content: A Buffalo Bills football helmet worn by Bruce Smith. The red Riddell helmet has a white face guard and white chin strap. Down the middle of the helmet is a blue stripe with two white stripes on either side. A white rectangle in the front center reads [Riddell] in red. On either side of the helmet is the Bills logo of a blue buffalo with red stripe, both bordered in white.
label: Description
content: On the lower left side of the back of the helmet there is a red, white, and blue [NFL] logo along with a peeling white [WARNING] sticker underneath with black text. There is a white “8” almost completely visible under the bottom right corner of the sticker. On the lower right side there is a clear [WARNING] sticker with white text. There is a smaller faded white sticker above it with black text that reads [XL]. There is a piece of white plastic in the bottom center of the helmet. It reads [BILLS] in blue. There are two small holes in the central navy stripe.
label: Description
content: The interior padding is white.
place: label: Place used
content: Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Football
label: Topic
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Jock Michael Smith Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Sports Uniforms
label: Exhibition
content: Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Jock Michael Smith Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.107.13ab
objectType: label: Type
content: helmets
label: Type
content: sports uniforms
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: plastic, metal, padding, synthetic fiber, paint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 × 9 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (25.4 × 24.1 × 34.9 cm)