Costume headpiece 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 helmet headpiece 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 base of the headpiece is a gray twill canvas skullcap with a neckband and a chin strap. Attached to the crown of the skullcap is a silver-painted frying pan, molded from reinforced plastic. The rim of the pan is edged in leather. A bent panhandle protrudes from the pan at the proper right back side that has a length of cord glued to the underside. Metal coils and several layers of steel wool are glued underneath the frying pan all around the skullcap to look like hair. Over the proper right ear, a round metal shaker lid is glued to the skullcap. Over the proper left ear is glued a round metal mesh strainer with a blue plastic insert in the handle. Large, raised metal rivets are attached around the neckband. The neckband attaches with Velcro™ at the proper front center neck. The chin strap has a length of gray knit fabric sewn at the end and attaches under the chin with Velcro™ and a large hook-and-eye closure. There are two eyes for an adjustable fit.
label: Description
content: The interior of the headpiece is lined at the crown and the front with black knit fabric. Plastic foam is glued around the outlines of both ear openings.
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: 2007.3.7.1.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: headgear
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: canvas, reinforced plastic, steel wool, metal, paint, synthetic fiber, Velcro™, leather, plastic foam, glue, plastic, and cord
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 12 in. (26.7 x 26.7 x 30.5 cm)