Costume tap shoes for Tin Man in The Wiz on Broadway

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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 pair of sabatons tap shoes are part of a costume worn by Tiger Haynes as Tin Man in "The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical 'Wizard of Oz'" on Broadway. Sabatons are armored shoes worn with a suit of armor to protect the feet. These ankle-length costume sabatons are made from panels of dark brown suede and of leather painted silver. The toe cap and arch of the foot are silver, with a panel of the brown suede dividing them over the top of the foot behind the toes. The portion that reach around the ankle and up the leg is brown suede, but with a silver heel cap. The shoes close at the inner sides of the leg using a metal zipper with a brown string pull tab and a piece of black Velcro that fastens over the zipper so it is not visible. The soles of the shoes are leather with stacked heels.

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