Tank top with printed portraits worn by of Earth, Wind, & Fire members

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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.

Sleevless printed crewneck cotton shirt customized by Bernard G. Jacobs and worn by Phlip Bailey, vocalist for Earth, Wind, & Fire, and by Ralph Johnson, percussionist for Earth, Wind & Fire. The front of the shirt has a printed design in lime green and black of a man with a goatee, sideburns, and an Afro hair style wearing oversized square lens sunglasses and chain link necklaces. Round green rhinestones are attached to the shirt, primarily within the sunglasses frames and the chain necklaces, with some sporadically placed in the man's hair and one (1) on his proper left cheek as a beauty mark. Green rhinestones are also attached around the neck and sleeve openings on the front and the back. The back of the shirt has a printed design of a colorful beach scene with a female hula dancer, palm trees, and flowers.

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