FAMU Marching Band uniform

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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.

An off-white Florida A&M University Marching Band jacket (a) and pants (b). The single-breasted women’s wool jacket and men’s polyester and wool pants are embellished with gold colored thread embroidery and gold color metal buttons. The exterior of the jacket features a notched lapel, two waist flap pockets, and one proper left kerchief breast pocket with gold color FAMU embroidery. Both padded shoulders each have one gold color button at the straps, and each sleeve has three wide bars of gold color embroidery at the wrists. Embroidery in a shape akin to the fleur-de-lis features above the three bars on each sleeve. There are two metal gold color buttons for closure at the torso. The jacket interior is lined in a white synthetic material with clear plastic buttons at the top of each shoulder.

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