Team USA bobsledding suit worn by Vonetta Flowers
date: label: Date
content: 2001
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Ice Beams International
label: Worn by
content: Vonetta Flowers, American, born 1973
notes: label: Description
content: Team USA bobsledding suit worn by Vonetta Flowers.
label: Description
content: The one-piece suit is red and blue with white details. The hood and upper body portion of the suit are red and the waist, legs, and sleeves are blue. There is a red zipper going down the front of the suit, from the top of the neck down to the waist. On the proper left side of the chest there is a white screen printed “USA”. The blue parts of the sleeves have several white screen-printed stars on them. The proper right sleeve has a white, rectangular embroidered patch above the stars. The patch has a black thread border and black embroidered words which read [American / Skandia]. There is also a logo in two shades of blue on the proper right side of the patch. There is a black elastic hoop on either sleeve at the wrist opening.
label: Description
content: There is a white manufacturer’s label sewn into the suit on the inside at the back of the neck. It has a blue square outline on it. Inside the square there is a blue logo which reads [ICE BEAMS / INTERNATIONAL] followed by a phone number. The reverse side of the labels has a red handwritten series of numbers at the top. There is blue text which reads [HAND WASH COLD, / NO CHLORINE BLEACH / DRY FLAT], with the same information repeated in French. There is also blue text which reads [NAME: / SIZE:]. There is red handwriting next to it which reads [Vonetta / 3M / M]. There is another white label below which has a red, white, and blue American flag and blue text which reads [MADE IN U.S.A.]. There is a thick white striped down the center of the hood, which goes down to the back of the neck, and the face opening of the hood has a thick white border. The legs of the suit are solid blue and have stirrup-like foot straps at the ankle openings.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Bobsledding
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Sports
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.67.1
objectType: label: Type
content: sports uniforms
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: ink on synthetic fiber, plastic, thread, and elastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 66 × 17 1/2 in. (167.6 × 44.5 cm)