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Black stockings worn on Soul Train by dancer Johnette "Suki" Dodson

2001-2004

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

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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.

These black fishnet sandal foot stockings were worn as part of a costume along with a handmade faux fur garment (.1ab) and a necklace (.3) by dancer Johnette “Suki” Dodson on the television show Soul Train in the early 2000s. The stockings are seamed along the front and back of the control top, and have a waistband made from black elastic. There are no labels in the stockings.

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Catalog reference: 2014.227.4.2

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