Training boxing gloves used and signed by Cassius Clay
date: label: Date
content: 1960
name: label: Created by
content: Post Manufacturing Co.
label: Worn by
content: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
notes: label: Description
content: Dark red brown training boxing gloves worn by Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) and signed in Louisville, as indicated by the penned note inside the left glove near the wrist. Gloves are edged in faded yellow fabric and tied with dark, faded strings. Stitching throughout the glove is in white thread. On the outside fronts of both gloves below the wrist are manufacturer's labels. [POST / MANUFACTURING CO. / NEW YORK]. Inside the left glove, near the wrist, is a note in faded red ink. [SIGNED BY / CASSIUS CLAY/ Louisville / 1960]. Inside the right glove, near the wrist, is a note in blue pen [From / Cassius Clay / 1960]. Gloves are well worn and wrinkled. The right glove has dark discolorations near the top of the glove on the right side.
place: label: Place used
content: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Boxing
label: Topic
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
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: 2012.173.3ab
objectType: label: Type
content: gloves
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, cloth, thread
label: Dimensions
content: a: 10 1/4 x 6 x 3 7/8 in. (26 x 15.2 x 9.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: b: 10 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 4 in. (26 x 14.3 x 10.2 cm)