A gold metallic brocade ensemble with geometric and floral patterning. The full-length dress (a) is made of synthetic gold metallic brocade. It has a round neckline with a large black synthetic velvet bow sewn below the neckline. A cluster of orange glass…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.795a-e
A gold metallic floral shift dress and jacket made of syntenic and metallic thread brocade. The dress (a) has wide V neckline with a one-and-a-half-inch band of gold trim sewn along the edge. The trim is made of two bands of black syntenic, and gold…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.360ab
Pair of gold metallic leather open-toed heels worn by Ophelia DeVore. The shoes have a rounded open toe with a strap across the front of the foot that is gathered and wrapped with a gold leather coil in the middle. At the back are ankle straps that fit…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.25.12ab
This is the Gold ‘n’ Lapis ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith for Roosevelt Van Williams. The ring’s wide and flattened 14k gold band is square shaped. The ends of the square extend at one of the top corners to give the illusion of intersection…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.12.12
A gold plated necklace (a) with pendant in the shape of Africa, in a red box (b). The pendant has been cast with the continent's topographical features in relief, with thick gold strands representing major rivers. These necklaces were distributed to radio…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.132.11ab
Mechanical pencil and case owned by the Terrell family. The miniature mechanical pencil (a) is gold. The small pencil had a chevron pattern and a ring at the end. The pencil is inside a black and tan leather case (b) with border detailing. The case has a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2017.13.1.54ab
A gold ring purse with clear beads. The purse has handles made of clear plastic tri-beads strung through white cotton thread. The exterior of the purse is made of large gold metal jump rings. The rings are secured to one another at four points with a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.733
A pair of rose gold printed pumps with rhinestones. Each shoe exterior is composed of one panel of beige synthetic satin striped fabric that has an all over woven rose pattern. The panel is seamed to itself at the center back of the shoe and the same…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1042ab
Black chiffon scarf with gold sequins worn by Ophelia DeVore. The scarf is a long rectangle made from the black chiffon with vertical rows of large flat gold sequins sewn onto the chiffon on one side. A black fabric label with metallic copper embroidered…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.25.4.2
A gold sequined dress (a) with a matching hat (b) and purse (c). The dress has a sheath silhouette and is made from gold synthetic faille material covered in gold plastic sequins. There is a 2.75” wide standing band collar made from one panel of that…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.793abc
A green sequined green dress (a) with a matching jacket (b), cape (c), and belt (d). The dress (a) is made from green viscose chiffon, covered in gold sequins. There are two 1” wide straps, one on either side, made from the same fabric handstitched to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.794abcd
A gold turban style hat (a) with a gold bird pin (b) designed by Mae Reeves. The hat is round with no brim and angles slightly upward at the center front. It is made from gold metallic fabric that is gathered and draped to resemble a turban. The interior…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.20ab
A vest worn by Melvin Van Peebles as the title character of "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." The vest is made of gold-colored velvet with an orange silk lining. It is hip-length, with slits at the bottom of each side seam and a low neckline. At front…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.82.2.1
A wooden hat stand base (a) and top (b) painted gold and with three (3) metal paw feet. The base extends into a single, long column with nodes similar to a bamboo stalk. The circular wooden top sits on a wooden attachment at the tip of the column. A…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.134ab
A golf ball retriever used by Ethel Funches. The retriever is made of metal and is silver in color. The top of it has a hole and is hollow. There are three textured rings going around the top. The same thee textured rings are going around the base of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.4.15
A Slazenger golf club used by Ethel Funches. The shaft is silver in color and is made out of metal. There is a black rubber grip at the top. The grip has short green diagonal lines going in both directions all around it. In the center there is a line…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.4.10
A golf club used by Tiger Woods during the 1995 US Amateur Championship competition. The wedge-style metal club has a black and gold manufacturer’s label on the shaft reading [Cleveland Classics / True Temper / Dynamic Gold]. The club’s head has horizontal…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.1.1
A right-handed NikeSasQuatch 460 driver signed by Tiger Woods. The driver has a black rubber grip with silver details at the top. There is a Nike "swoosh" debossed at the top of the grip and also on the front center. The letters SQ are debossed on the back…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.62.1
A right golf shoe worn by Ethel Funches. The shoe is off white and has some dirt stains on it. The quarter on either side of the laces has a decorative design stitched in black and tan threads. There are four (4) white eyelets on either quarter of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.249.5
