Costume tap shoes 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 pair of sabatons tap shoes are part of a costume worn by Tiger Haynes as Tin Man in "The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical 'Wizard of Oz'" on Broadway. Sabatons are armored shoes worn with a suit of armor to protect the feet. These ankle-length costume sabatons are made from panels of dark brown suede and of leather painted silver. The toe cap and arch of the foot are silver, with a panel of the brown suede dividing them over the top of the foot behind the toes. The portion that reach around the ankle and up the leg is brown suede, but with a silver heel cap. The shoes close at the inner sides of the leg using a metal zipper with a brown string pull tab and a piece of black Velcro that fastens over the zipper so it is not visible. The soles of the shoes are leather with stacked heels. Non-skid black rubber is attached to the ball of the foot on each sole. The shoes have metal toe taps on the toes and heels, though the proper left toe tap is missing. Text engraved on all of the taps reads "CAPEZIO / TELE TONE / TAP / TRADE MARK". There is also white hand painted text on the interior of the leg of each shoe reading "9 1/2 E / 360 / 1498".
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
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
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: 2007.3.7.2ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sabatons
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: leather, suede, paint, metal, and Velcro (TM)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (left (a)): 8 × 3 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (20.3 × 9.5 × 28.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (right (b)): 8 × 3 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (20.3 × 9.5 × 28.6 cm)