Bootsy Collins style star-shaped mirrored lens sunglasses: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pair of sunglasses with five-pointed star-shaped mirrored lenses lisensed by Bootsy Collins. The bridge is made of a gold colored metal and has two (2) clear rubber nosepads attached to it. The arms are made of the same gold colored metal and the earpieces are made of black plastic. Near the hinge on each exterior arm is raised text reading "BOOTSY" with the center of each letter O containing a five-pointed star. The interior of the proper left earpiece has white printed text reading "Bootzilla makers of those funky thangs to play with". White text printed on the interior of the proper right earpiece reads "LS2511 drpeepers.com CHINA".

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1993-2013
• Manufactured by: elope, inc., founded 1993
• Owned by: Bootsy Collins, American, born 1951
• Type: sunglasses
• Medium: plastic, metal, and rubber
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 × 5 15/16 × 5 3/4 in. (7.6 × 15.1 × 14.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Costume
• Topic: Funk (Music)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.234.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bootsy Collins
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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