Yellow headpiece from a costume worn by Nona Hendryx: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This hood-like headpiece is part of a costume was worn by Nona Hendryx in the music video for her solo single of "Love is Like an Itch in My Heart" in the early 1980s. The costume consists of a yellow hooded headpiece (.1), a yellow bodysuit with a wide black belt (.2ab), and gray jodhpurs with a black leather waistband (.3abc).

The headpiece (.1) is made of yellow synthetic fabric edged in yellow knit around the neck and face openings. The fabric covers the head and neck and ties a the front under the chin with long thin ties made of the yellow knit fabric. It is not lined.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1981-1982
• Designed by: Ronald Kolodzie, 1940 - 2010
• Worn by: Nona Hendryx, American, born 1944
• Type: hoods (headgear)
• Medium: synthetic fiber
• Dimensions: H x W x D (On form): 36 × 12 1/2 × 10 in. (91.4 × 31.8 × 25.4 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Flat): 39 1/2 × 14 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (100.3 × 37.5 × 3.2 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Costume
• Topic: Costume design
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Disco (Music)
• Topic: Funk (Music)
• Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
• Object number: 2014.246.4.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Nona Hendryx of Labelle
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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