Cape coat worn by Max Julien in The Mack
date: label: Date
content: 1973
name: label: Designed by
content: June
label: Designed by
content: Mr. Marcus
label: Worn by
content: Max Julien, American, 1933 - 2022
notes: label: Caption
content: This cape coat was worn by Max Julien in the 1973 film The Mack. The Mack was directed by Michael Campus and tells the story of a pimp, Goldie Mickens, who grows an underworld empire in Oakland, California. One of the most influential films of the blaxploitation era, the film starred Julien as Goldie Mickens and Richard Pryor as Slim.
label: Description
content: A brown leather and snakeskin cape coat worn by Max Julien as the character John "Goldie" Mickens in the 1973 film The Mack. The cape coat is brown throughout with snakeskin accents. At the neck, a large collar, edged in snakeskin, meets at a large round button. A second large round button is slightly below the first. The cape coat opens at the middle. On either side, at the hip, there is a vertical strip of snakeskin. The back of the cape coat has a large horizontal strip of snakeskin at the lower back.
place: label: Place used
content: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blaxploitation films
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Film
setName: label: See more items in
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.42.2
objectType: label: Type
content: coats
label: Type
content: capes (outerwear)
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 snakeskin
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 46 × 65 1/2 in. (116.8 × 166.4 cm)