Object Details
- Description
- Aviator cap from The Wiz costume ensemble worn by André De Shields in the original 1975 Broadway production. The cream headpiece has goggles and rhinestone decorations. The crown of the headpiece is constructed of panels of cream twill synthetic fiber that form a skullcap. Three rows of silver rhinestones are sewn along the proper left, center, and proper right seam lines extending all the way from the front of the skullcap to the back. The goggles are constructed of cream satin weave synthetic fiber that covers a stiff shaping material. Thirty dark green flat rhinestones are sewn around the eye openings. The headpiece is fastened in place with a chin strap, made of the same cream twill synthetic fiber as the skullcap, which closes with Velcro™ at the proper left side near the wearer's chin. The interior of the cap is made from a single piece of cotton batting, with the cream exterior fabric hand sewn around the interior edge of the crown to attach the batting. Some of the green rhinstones have leeched color onto the goggles. A red felt tab is stitched inside at the center of the goggles.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Worn by
- André De Shields, American, born 1946
- Designed by
- Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014
- Date
- 1975
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of André De Shields
- Medium
- polyester and satin with felt, rhinestone, metal Velcro™
- Dimensions
- H x W (flat): 9 × 11 in. (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
- Type
- helmets
