Red tunic with black motifs by Moshood
date: label: Date
content: 1980s-1990s
name: label: Designed by
content: Moshood, Nigerian American
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A red tunic with the Moshood logo. The tunic is made of synthetic twill, it has a round neckline with a split down the center front. Four rows of machine stitching are sewn along the border of the neckline. The three-quarter length sleeves are wide, they taper in slightly at the ends. A side seam pocket is sewn on each side at hip level. A face and the text [MOSHOOD] are in black at the center of the tunic, slightly offset to the proper left side. The face has a wide X at the top between the eyes and three lines on each side of the nose. Top stitching is placed at the side seams and the pockets. A vent is placed on each side seam at the bottom of the tunic, the proper left vent in nine inches long, the proper right vent is nine and a half inches. A chair with a face and a crown is printed on the center back of the tunic, the text [MOSHOOD] is printed between the crown and the chair. The tunic is machine sewn, unlined, and unlabeled.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: New York, New York, United States
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
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: 2007.3.279
objectType: label: Type
content: tunics
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: synthetic twill
label: Dimensions
content: Length (shoulder to hem): 57 1/2 in. (146.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (shoulder to shoulder): 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm)