Dress, worn by Jeni LeGon
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1966-1969
name: label: user
content: LeGon, Jeni
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Dashiki-style brightly patterned turquoise, orange, yellow, green and brown medallion print cotton; fabric folded in half, seamed down the sides, a hold cut out of the top for the neck, turned under and hemmed; wide armscyes; no darts. Worn by Jeni LeGon in the traveling show with her dance troupe, "Jazz Caribe," in the late 1960's. Goes with headdress (Cat. #2002.0389.02.02).</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Jeni LeGon (born Jennie Ligon, 1916– 2012), also credited as Jeni Le Gon, was an American dancer, dance instructor, and actress. She was one of the first African-American women to establish a solo career in tap dance. In 1999, the National Film Board of Canada released a documentary film about her life, <i>Jeni Le Gon: Living in a Great Big Way,</i> directed by Grant Greshuk and produced by Selwyn Jacob.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Dancers
label: Subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Jeni LeGon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0389.02.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0389
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0389.02.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 in x 42 in; 134.62 cm x 106.68 cm