Shirt worn by Melvin Van Peebles in Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1971
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Melvin Van Peebles, American, 1932 - 2021
notes: label: Description
content: A shirt worn by Melvin Van Peebles as the title character of "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." The button-up shirt is made of a dark maroon synthetic fabric. It has wide lapels, pintuck pleated sleeves, and two buttons at the cuffs. At the interior neckline is an off-white label reading [Flair / California] in black text.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blaxploitation films
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Independent films
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
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: 2012.82.2.2
objectType: label: Type
content: shirts
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: cloth
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 31 1/2 x 18 in. (80 x 45.7 cm)