Costume headpiece for the Wizard 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: Grace Costumes Inc., American, founded 1961
label: Worn by
content: André De Shields, American, born 1946
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: This cream headpiece with goggles and rhinestone decorations is part of a costume worn by André De Shields as the Wizard in "The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical 'Wonderful Wizard of Oz'" on Broadway. The crown of the headpiece is constructed of panels of cream twill synthetic fiber that form a skullcap. Three (3) rows of silver rhinestones are sewn along the proper left, center, and proper right seam lines extending all the way from the front of the skullcap to the back. Two (2) smaller sets of three (3) silver rhinestones are sewn between the longer rows, above the goggle openings at the proper front. Altogether, there are forty-eight (48) total silver rhinestone settings on the headpiece. The goggles are constructed of cream satin weave synthetic fiber that covers a stiff shaping material. Thirty-three (33) dark green flat rhinestones are sewn around the eye openings. The headpiece is fastened in place with a chin strap, made of the same cream twill synthetic fiber as the skullcap, which closes with Velcro™ at the proper left side near the wearer's chin. The interior of the cap is made from a single piece of cotton batting, with the cream exterior fabric hand sewn around the interior edge of the crown to attach the batting. There is an additional strip of cotton batting on the interior of the goggles to protect the bridge of the wearer's nose.
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: 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: 2007.3.8.3
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, batting, rhinestones, and Velcro™
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (On form): 9 × 7 × 10 in. (22.9 × 17.8 × 25.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Off form): 7 1/8 × 7 5/8 × 8 in. (18.1 × 19.4 × 20.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: (Circumference): 24 in.