Yellow bodysuit from a costume worn by Nona Hendryx

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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 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). Bodysuit (.a): The yellow bodysuit has high-cut leg openings, three-quarter length tapered sleeves, and a stand-up pointed collar. It is made of a yellow synthetic canvas fabric with quilted black leather shoulder pads that are decorated with convex silver rounded metal nail head studs. The front of the bodysuit is open, with the front sides joined together at the bottom of two long thin panels extending from each bottom front edge.

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