Shoes worn by Lupita Nyong'o as Patsey in the film 12 Years a Slave
date: label: Date
content: 2013
name: label: Designed by
content: Patricia Norris, American, 1931 - 2015
label: Worn by
content: Lupita Amondi Nyong'o, Mexican Kenyan, born 1983
label: Created by
content: Western Costume Company, American, founded 1912
label: Subject of
content: Solomon Northup, American, 1808 - 1875
notes: label: Description
content: Lupita Nyong'o wears these shoes as the character Patsey in the film 12 Years a Slave (2013). The shoes are a pair of modified ballet flat slippers with the cord ties removed from the foot openings of the uppers. An elastic cord is still in place around the openings. The slipper uppers and soles are made from leather that has been heavily distressed for filming purposes. A long length of distressed leather cord is used to tie the slippers to the feet, with slits cut at either side of the vamp of each slipper so that the cord extends across the throat of the shoe. The number "2" is stamped in black ink on the proper left interior side of both shoes, and is handwritten in black ink on the insole of the proper left shoe (a). No other evidence of manufacturer information is apparent, likely due to the heavy distressing.
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: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Western Costume Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.158.1.2ab
objectType: label: Type
content: shoes (footwear)
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, elastic, thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (left): 1 7/8 × 3 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (4.8 × 8.4 × 23.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (right): 1 7/8 × 3 3/8 × 9 7/16 in. (4.8 × 8.6 × 24 cm)