Yellow and black hat worn by Bootsy Collins

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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.

A yellow leather mad hatter style top hat worn by Bootsy Collins. The hat is part of a costume ensemble designed by Tom the Leatherman (Tom Wojciechowski). The hat is a tall cylindrical shape that gets wider at the top than at the brim, with a flat top. The brim is short. The hat band is made from black leather decorated with metal buckles attached to the brim with yellow leather. An additional band of black leather is sewn around the top of the hat and decorated with rounded metal studs. There is a black five-pointed star topstitched to the center front side that is decorated with rounded metal studs. Another black leather five-pointed star is topstitched at the center top side of the hat and is outlined with the rounded metal studs. The interior of the hat contains a plastic and nylon buckram stiffener throughout, except in the brim.

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