Costume left leg armor 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 leg armor is part of a costume worn by Tiger Haynes as Tin Man in "The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical 'Wizard of Oz'" on Broadway. The object consists of a cuisse that covers the thigh portion of the leg, and a greave that covers the shin of the leg. Both the cuisse and the greave are made from reinforced plastic formed into graduated half cylinders to fit around the leg.
label: Description
content: Each piece has a metal hinge on the inside so that it can be opened and be placed around the leg. Both pieces secure on the outside of the leg with two (2) leather straps and metal buckles. The cuisse also has three (3) sets of metal snap closures. Two (2) leather straps are screwed to the bottom of the back side of the cuisse and to the top of the back side of the greave to connect the pieces together. There is one (1) additional leather strap with a metal buckle screwed to the cuisse at the top edge of the center front side. The borders of each piece are edged in cloth tape except the top of the cuisse, which is edged in leather. The cuisse is painted all over with silver metallic paint. The greave is painted with a base color of cream paint. On both the front and back sides of the greave, a trompe l'oeil of a Budweiser beer can label is painted, a red rectangle border around a cream shield on top of a cream rectangle. Faint blue text painted over the cream rectangle, and blue detailing in the shield, either has faded over time or previously was painted over with cream paint.
label: Description
content: The interiors of both pieces are finished with silver metallic paint. The interior front side of the cuisse has past repairs or stabilization using large pieces of tape and heavy glue.
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
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 - 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: 2007.3.7.1.4
objectType: label: Type
content: closed greaves
label: Type
content: cuisses
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, metal, leather, tape, and glue
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 30 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 7 in. (77.5 × 21 × 17.8 cm)