Boxing Robe worn by Muhammad Ali
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1974
name: label: wearer
content: Ali, Muhammad
notes: label: Description
content: Muhammad Ali (b.1942) "The Greatest," gained fame for his boxing skills, charisma and the controversy he generated outside the ring. In 1976 the Smithsonian acquired Ali's boxing gloves and robe for an exhibition on the American Bicentennial, <i>A Nation of Nations</i>. At the donation ceremony, before a crowd of reporters and cheering spectators, Ali predicted that his Everlast gloves would become "the most famous thing in this building."
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Boxing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: See more items in
content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Muhammad Ali
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1073.02
label: accession number
content: 1977.1073
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1073.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: robe, boxing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (signature material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 47 in x 23 in; 119.38 cm x 58.42 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, mounted: 45 in x 24 in x 15 in; 114.3 cm x 60.96 cm x 38.1 cm