Costume headpiece for Glinda the Good Witch in The Wiz on Broadway
name: label: Designed by
content: Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014
label: Created by
content: Grace Costumes Inc., American, founded 1961
label: Worn by
content: Dee Dee Bridgewater, American, born 1950
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: This headdress is part of a costume worn by Dee Dee Bridgewater as the character Glinda in the Broadway production of "The Wiz". Twelve (12) synthetic straw braids are affixed to a brown synthetic fabric skullcap lined with a black synthetic lining fabric. The braids are reinforced with internal wire so they extend up from the crown of the wearer's head. The braids are strung together and braced by two (2) wire circles so that they fan up and away from the cap. Some of the braids are stitched to the cap in a swirling pattern so that they curl down into eight (8) loops around the wearer's head, making three (3) loops in the front, three (3) loops in the back, and one (1) loop on each side. Pink and magenta rhinestone disks of varying sizes are affixed to the cap and to the ends of the braids. The ends of the braids are also adorned with charms and chains made from a gold-colored base metal. A light brown elastic chin strap is stitched into the interior of the cap.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York County, 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: 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: 2007.3.11.2
objectType: label: Type
content: headdresses
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: synthetic fiber, straw, wire, rhinestones, metal, and elastic
label: Dimensions
content: On form: 21 × 13 × 20 in. (53.3 × 33 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: On form - including gown (a) with train: 92 × 50 × 28 in. (233.7 × 127 × 71.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (In box): 22 × 18 × 7 in. (55.9 × 45.7 × 17.8 cm)