Track shoes worn by Carl Lewis
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Worn by
content: Carl Lewis, American, born 1961
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of custom designed spike track shoes worn by Carl Lewis. The upper body is primarily a white mesh material. Gold metallic material on the heel, around the laces, on both sides of the toe box, and on the toe. The shoes have white laces. There is a yellow and red embroidered crown on a stripe of white suede on the inner and outer sides of both shoes. The tongue is white mesh. The shoes have black plastic soles. Nine spike wells on the front of the sole with spikes. The right shoe is missing two spikes.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Track and field
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Sports Uniforms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Carl Lewis Estate
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.154.55ab
objectType: label: Type
content: running shoes
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather, cloth, plastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Overall for each shoe: 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (8.9 x 10.8 x 28.9 cm)