Purple leather belt worn by Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic
date: label: Date
content: mid 1990s
name: label: Created by
content: Tony Lama Boots, American, founded 1911
label: Worn by
content: Bernie Worrell, American, 1944 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Parliament-Funkadelic, American, founded 1955
notes: label: Description
content: A purple leather belt worn by Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic as part of Worrell's "Wizard of Woo" costume ensemble during the 1996 "Mothership Reconnection Tour."
label: Description
content: The belt features two brown lizard skin belt loops, an engraved silver buckle, and brown lizard skin at the beginning and tip of the strap. On the backside of the belt in large black stamp print is: [FINAL SALE 34 LM7 1006]. The Tony Lama “Made in U.S.A.” logo is also imprinted on the back of the belt, in the direction of the buckle.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Funk (Music)
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musicians
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
label: Movement
content: Afrofuturism
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Judie Worrell and Bassl Worrell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.43.3
objectType: label: Type
content: costume
label: Type
content: belts (costume accessories)
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 metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 39 1/4 × 1 3/16 × 1/4 in. (99.7 × 3 × 0.7 cm)