Shoes worn by Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in the film 12 Years a Slave
date: label: Date
content: 2013
name: label: Designed by
content: Patricia Norris, American, 1931 - 2015
label: Worn by
content: Chiwetel Ejiofor, British, born 1977
label: Created by
content: Western Costume Company, American, founded 1912
label: Subject of
content: Solomon Northup, American, 1808 - 1875
notes: label: Description
content: These shoes were worn by Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in the film 12 Years a Slave (2013). The brogan shoes have a high leg and squared toes, with dark brown leather uppers and stacked wooden heels. The soles and heel bottoms are made from leather. The shoes close at the front of the legs with lengths of leather cord that are knotted near the ends. The shoes have been distressed for filming.
label: Description
content: On the interior leg of each shoe is a strip of white tape with the word WESTERN handwritten in black ink, with an adhesive barcode in the proper right shoe near the tape that reads "WESTERN COSTUME" above the barcode and the number "40734580" below it. There is no barcode sticker inside the proper right shoe, but handwritten in black ink below the white tape is the text "WCC / 40734580". Another piece of tape with the number "806" handwritten in black ink is adhered at the interior proper left side near the top of the legs. Handwritten text below this tape is recorded in both shoes in black and green ink that reads "874 / 157 [strikethrough] / WCC / 11" with the barcode number also written again in the proper right shoe only. The text "11 / MADE IN MEXICO" is stamped on the interior tongue of each shoe.
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: Film
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
label: Exhibition
content: Taking the Stage
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Western Costume Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.158.2.6ab
objectType: label: Type
content: brogans (footwear)
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: leather and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (left (a)): 7 5/8 × 4 × 12 in. (19.4 × 10.2 × 30.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (right (b)): 7 7/8 × 4 1/4 × 12 in. (20 × 10.8 × 30.5 cm)