shirt
date: label: Date made
content: 1971
name: label: maker
content: Crew, Sandra P.
notes: label: Description
content: Dashiki of textured fabric; beige ground with faint ecru batik-style lines; printed with abstract geometric design; borders across neckline, shoulders, and sleeves, and bottom edge, F & B; round neck with slit at CF to chest; sleeves cut as an extension of shirt fabric, straight out from shoulder, and dipping into triangle at bottom; measures 31 1/2" (80 cm) down CB.
label: Description
content: Marks: VHY Hawaiian Textiles #12061
label: Description
content: Made by donor Sandra P. Crew out of fabric from her caftan. Her future husband Spencer wore it to their graduation from Brown University in 1971, along with the eyeglasses in this accession (.003). Spencer later became the Director of the National Museum of American History and in 2019 served as the Interim Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Originally acquired for use in the exhibition "Men and Women: A History of Costume, Gender and Power" which ran from June 28, 1989 to February 24, 1991 at the National Museum of American History. Later traveled to Japan for the exhibition "The Smithsonian’s America: An Exhibition on American History and Culture” for the American Festival held in Chiba.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: worn
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
topic: label: used
content: African American
label: used
content: Graduation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sandra P. and Spencer R. Crew
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0135.002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Shirt
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall center back: 31 1/2 in; 80.01 cm