Costume headpiece for Glinda the Good Witch in The Wiz on Broadway

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This headdress is part of a costume worn by Dee Dee Bridgewater as the character Glinda in the Broadway production of "The Wiz". Twelve (12) synthetic straw braids are affixed to a brown synthetic fabric skullcap lined with a black synthetic lining fabric. The braids are reinforced with internal wire so they extend up from the crown of the wearer's head. The braids are strung together and braced by two (2) wire circles so that they fan up and away from the cap. Some of the braids are stitched to the cap in a swirling pattern so that they curl down into eight (8) loops around the wearer's head, making three (3) loops in the front, three (3) loops in the back, and one (1) loop on each side. Pink and magenta rhinestone disks of varying sizes are affixed to the cap and to the ends of the braids.

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