Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Red "Soul Sister" sweat shirt gifted to Lucille Clifton from Sonia Sanchez
2003
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A red, long-sleeve sweat shirt gifted by Sonia Sanchez to Lucille Clifton for her birthday and worn by Clifton. At center is a gold glitter image of a female figure with an Afro hairstyle, sitting in profile with her back arched. Beneath the figure, also in gold glitter, are the words [Soul Sister]. At the interior back center of the neck is a black manufacturer's tag. The sweat shirt has a front pouch pocket at the bottom center.
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Catalog reference: 2010.58.1
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