Yellow headpiece from a costume worn by Nona Hendryx

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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 hood-like headpiece is part of a costume was worn by Nona Hendryx in the music video for her solo single of "Love is Like an Itch in My Heart" in the early 1980s. The costume consists of a yellow hooded headpiece (.1), a yellow bodysuit with a wide black belt (.2ab), and gray jodhpurs with a black leather waistband (.3abc). The headpiece (.1) is made of yellow synthetic fabric edged in yellow knit around the neck and face openings. The fabric covers the head and neck and ties a the front under the chin with long thin ties made of the yellow knit fabric. It is not lined.

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