Yellow and black hat worn by Bootsy Collins: Museum Object and Cultural History
Yellow and black hat worn by Bootsy Collins: Date: ca. 1990. Designed by: Tom the Leatherman, American. Worn by: Bootsy Collins, American, born 1951.
The object in the museum catalogue
A yellow leather mad hatter style top hat worn by Bootsy Collins. The hat is part of a costume ensemble designed by Tom the Leatherman (Tom Wojciechowski). The hat is a tall cylindrical shape that gets wider at the top than at the brim, with a flat top. The brim is short. The hat band is made from black leather decorated with metal buckles attached to the brim with yellow leather. An additional band of black leather is sewn around the top of the hat and decorated with rounded metal studs. There is a black five-pointed star topstitched to the center front side that is decorated with rounded metal studs. Another black leather five-pointed star is topstitched at the center top side of the hat and is outlined with the rounded metal studs.
The interior of the hat contains a plastic and nylon buckram stiffener throughout, except in the brim. The interior of the brim is faced with yellow leather.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1990
- Designed by: Tom the Leatherman, American
- Worn by: Bootsy Collins, American, born 1951
- Type: hats
- Medium: leather and metal with plastic and nylon buckram
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 13 3/4 × 12 5/8 in. (21.6 × 34.9 × 32.1 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Costume
- Topic: Costume design
- Topic: Design
- Topic: Funk (Music)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.234.2.3
- 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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