Costume worn by Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in the film 12 Years a Slave: Museum Object and Cultural History
Costume worn by Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in the film 12 Years a Slave: Date: 2013. Designed by: Patricia Norris, American, 1931 - 2015. Worn by: Chiwetel Ejiofor, British, born 1977.
The object in the museum catalogue
This costume worn by Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in the film 12 Years a Slave (2013) consists of a straw hat (.1), a shirt (.2), a vest (.3), a neckerchief (.4), pants (.5), and a pair of brogan shoes (.6ab).
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2013
- Designed by: Patricia Norris, American, 1931 - 2015
- Worn by: Chiwetel Ejiofor, British, born 1977
- Created by: Western Costume Company, American, founded 1912
- Subject of: Solomon Northup, American, 1808 - 1875
- Type: ensembles (costume)
- Medium: Hat: straw, cotton ribbon
- Medium: Shirt: synthetic fiber and cotton blend cloth
- Medium: Vest: synthetic fiber, plastic buttons
- Medium: Neckerchief: cotton
- Medium: Pants: synthetic fiber, wood and plastic buttons
- Medium: Shoes: leather and wood
- Dimensions: H x W x D (.2-.5 on form): 72 × 24 1/2 × 14 in. (182.9 × 62.2 × 35.6 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Costume
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Men
- Topic: Slavery
- Object number: 2015.158.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Western Costume Company
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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