Pair of blue Clarks Wallabees shoes worn by Slick Rick: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pair of blue Clarks Wallabees shoes worn by Slick Rick: Date: 2003 - 2004. Manufactured by: C. and J. Clark International Ltd., British, founded 1825. Subject of: Slick Rick, British American, born 1965.
The object in the museum catalogue
Pair of size 8 1/2 blue Clarks Wallabees shoes. The shoes have black, rounded laces and a tan rubbber sole. The insole of the shoes are brown with gold type that reads, [Clarks/Wallabees].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2003 - 2004
- Manufactured by: C. and J. Clark International Ltd., British, founded 1825
- Subject of: Slick Rick, British American, born 1965
- Type: shoes (footwear)
- Medium: rubber , cloth
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 5 × 4 × 11 in. (12.7 × 10.2 × 27.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 5 × 4 × 11 in. (12.7 × 10.2 × 27.9 cm)
- Place used: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
- Place collected: Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2014.203.6.5ab
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ricky Walters, professionally known as Slick Rick
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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