Black leather pants donated by Soul Train dancer Thomas "Tom Tom" Evans
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Soul Train, American, 1971 - 2006
notes: label: Description
content: This pair of black leather pants are similar in appearance to pants worn by dancer Thomas "Tom Tom" Evans on the television show "Soul Train."
label: Description
content: The full-length black leather pants have tapered legs and deep pleats at the right and left front waist. A decorative seam is sewn at the knee. The pants close at the center front with a flap and button beneath a black zipper and a silver snap. There are two (2) front pockets, one at each hip, and one (1) pocket on the proper right back waist. Black leather belt loops are attached around the waist band at even intervals. The pants have no manufacturer's label.
label: Description
content: The interior of the pants are lined with black synthetic fabric that reaches from the waist to just below the knees. The bottom of the lining in the legs is not attached to the exterior fabric. The interior hem of the leg openings is trimmed with black nylon tape.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Television
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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 of Thomas "Tom Tom" Evans
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.30.2
objectType: label: Type
content: trousers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather and synthetic fiber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (On form): 41 × 15 1/2 × 9 in. (104.1 × 39.4 × 22.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Flat): 39 3/8 × 15 5/8 in. (100 × 39.7 cm)