Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Black t-shirt with a photograph of MC Sha-Rock owned by MC Lyte
1990-2010
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Black crew neck fitted t-shirt with a screen-printed image in silver and gray at the center front. The image is a photograph of MC Sha-Rock wearing a t-shirt that says "I'M SHA ROCK AN [illegible]". Printed above the photograph is the text "MOTHER OF THE MIC" and below the photograph text reads "SHA-ROCK" at the left facing corner, with the logo of the manufacturer printed in the right corner. A fabric tag with machine embroidery is sewn on the t-shirt at the proper left front near the hem that reads "Sedgwick & Cedar / Vintage Clothing Company / LIMITED EDITION DESIGN / legendary city style 1973". There is a manufacturer's tag at the center back interior neck with an additional tag with fiber content and size large information.
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Catalog reference: 2011.118.7
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