Shirt worn by Spike Lee as Mookie in the film Do the Right Thing: Museum Object and Cultural History
Shirt worn by Spike Lee as Mookie in the film Do the Right Thing: Date: 1989. Created by: Unidentified. Worn by: Spike Lee, American, born 1957.
The object in the museum catalogue
A white, short-sleeved jersey style shirt worn by Spike Lee in the film "Do the Right Thing". The shirt buttons in the front and has a pocket on the PL breast, which has red trim on the top and [Mookie] embroidered in red cursive text above. The collar of the shirt is red and the shirt sleeves have a green section where the torso of the shirt meets the sleeve. At either side on the waist there are a pair of buttons for adjusting the fit of the shirt. The back of the shirt has red cursive letters in the center reading [Sals Famous / Pizzaria], where "Pizzaria" is outlined in green thread.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1989
- Created by: Unidentified
- Worn by: Spike Lee, American, born 1957
- Type: shirts
- Medium: cloth, thread, plastic
- Dimensions: On form: 27 1/2 × 26 × 14 in. (69.9 × 66 × 35.6 cm)
- Place used: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Film
- Object number: 2014.270.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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