Hat, leather jacket, and leather pants worn by Rakim

Object Details

Designed by

Dapper Dan, American, born 1945

Manufactured by

Scala, founded 1921

Worn by

Rakim, American, born 1968

Description

An ensemble featuring a brown felt homburg hat (.1) by Scala and a brown leather jacket (.2) and pants (.3) designed by Dapper Dan for Rakim, and worn by Rakim at the 2006 VH1 Hip Hop Honors event.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rakim

2006

Object number

2016.10.2

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

ensembles (costume)

Medium

Hat: wool felt, grosgrain ribbon, feathers, and synthetic fiber

Jacket: leather, nylon cloth, and plastic zipper

Pants: leather, polyester fleece, and plastic closures

Dimensions

H x W x D (2016.10.1-.3 (on form)): 69 × 29 × 15 in. (175.3 × 73.7 × 38.1 cm)

H x W x D (2016.10.2-.3 (on form)): 61 1/2 × 29 × 15 in. (156.2 × 73.7 × 38.1 cm)

Place made

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Clothing - Fashion and Historical

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Clothing and dress

Fashion

Hip-hop (Music)

Record ID

nmaahc_2016.10.2

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c6f10a88-d65f-477d-9a07-897cf74b4a3a