Grey jacket with skull patches worn by Big Boi of Outkast
date: label: Date
content: 1992-2015
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Schott N.Y.C., American, founded 1913
label: Worn by
content: Big Boi, American, born 1975
label: Subject of
content: Outkast, American, founded 1992
notes: label: Description
content: A gray wool double-breasted coat with skull patches and star pins worn by Big Boi of Outkast. The coat has a notched lapel, a single center back vent, and full-length straight sleeves without cuffs. The jacket can be closed left over right or right over left, with buttonholes and buttons on both sides of the center front. Each side closes with five (5) large gray round plastic buttons impressed with an anchor design, making ten (10) buttons total. The topmost button on each side is under the folded lapel, with a slightly wider gap between it and the second topmost button. There is an inset pocket at each front side waist lined in cream cotton flannel. A small white skull and crossbones patch outlined in black is sewn at the upper portion of each sleeve just below the shoulder seam. A large white skull and crossbones patch outlined in black is sewn across the center back just below the shoulders. Two pins (b,c) of four (4) silver five-pointed stars each are attached with two butterfly pinbacks to each side of the folded collar, though one of the pinbacks for the proper right pin (c) is missing.
label: Description
content: The interior is lined with black synthetic fabric that is quilted in a crosshatch pattern. A welt pocket with the welt made from the gray wool is sewn into each interior front side chest. The pockets are lined in cream cotton flannel. Three manufacturer's labels are sewn at the interior center back neck, with the centermost being largest. It is white with black embroidered text reading "U. S. 740 N / PEA JACKET / NAME__________ / __________ / MFG. BY SCHOTT N.Y.C." A small care tag is sewn on the left seam and a size and place of manufacture tag is sewn on the right seam of the center tag. An additional tag is sewn at the interior proper right side seam waist noting the coat was made in the United States.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Antwan Patton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.121.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: jackets
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: a: wool, synthetic fiber, synthetic thread patches, and plastic buttons;
label: Medium
content: b,c: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (On form): 34 × 24 × 15 in. (86.4 × 61 × 38.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b, c (each)): 4 × 1 × 1/2 in. (10.2 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm)