Object Details
- Description
- This costume was worn by Tiger Haynes as Tin Man in "The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical 'Wizard of Oz'" on Broadway. It consists of a headpiece (.1.1), cuirass (.1.2), left arm and right arm armor and arm harness (.1.3abc), left leg armor (.1.4), right leg armor (.1.5), shoes (.2ab), union suit (.3), and prop oil can (.4).
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Designed by
- Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014
- Created by
- Fred Nihda, 1931 - 1997
- Worn by
- Tiger Haynes, American, 1914 - 1994
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- 1975
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
- Medium
- Canvas, wool knit, reinforced plastic, metal, leather, nylon, felt, synthetic fiber, paint, steel wool, plastic foam, Velcro™, cord, tape, and glue
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 76 × 29 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (193 × 74.9 × 31.1 cm)
- Type
- ensembles (costume)
