Gray jodhpur-style chaps worn by Nona Hendryx
date: label: Date
content: 1981-1982
name: label: Designed by
content: Ronald Kolodzie, 1940 - 2010
label: Worn by
content: Nona Hendryx, American, born 1944
notes: label: Description
content: This piece is part of a costume was worn by Nona Hendryx in the music video for her solo single of "Love is Like an Itch in My Heart" in the early 1980s. The costume consists of a yellow hooded headpiece (.1), a yellow bodysuit with a wide black belt (.2ab), and gray jodhpur-style chaps with a black leather waistband (.3abc).
label: Description
content: Chaps (.3abc): The silver jodhpur-style chaps are a modified construction with two separate legs (.a, .b). Each leg piece is wide at the thighs and tightly fitted from below the knee to the ankle. The black leather waist band (.c) attaches around the inner side of the legs only, with the outer side of the legs left loose to drape down on the outside of the thigh. The inner sides of the fronts and backs of the legs are not seamed together, leaving them open on the inner thigh. Four (4) fabric tabs, two (2) on each leg piece, attach the leg pieces to the belt. Each tab extends from the top of the inner edges of the fronts and backs of each leg piece. The tabs wrap around, and attach to, the waistband with convex silver round metal nail head studs. Nail head studs also are used to decorate the outside seam of each leg. The waist band closes at the center front with three black metal snaps. The legs are self lined with the silver stretch material.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Disco (Music)
label: Topic
content: Funk (Music)
label: Topic
content: Rock and roll (Music)
label: Topic
content: Soul (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
label: Movement
content: Afrofuturism
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Nona Hendryx of Labelle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.246.4.3abc
objectType: label: Type
content: chaps
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 fiber, leather, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D ((abc) on form): 43 3/4 × 28 × 9 1/2 in. (111.1 × 71.1 × 24.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W ((ab) flat): 42 3/4 × 35 in. (108.6 × 88.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D ((c) flat): 1 × 28 1/4 × 1/4 in. (2.5 × 71.8 × 0.6 cm)