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Pair of white figure skates worn by Debi Thomas

1980s

United States, North and Central America

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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 pair of white figure skates worn by Debi Thomas. The top of the skates reach the shin and the boot has a rounded toe. The boots are made of a white leather. There are four white (4) metal hooks for tying the laces on either side of the tongue. These are followeed by eleven (11) shoelace holes on either side, going down towards the toe. The white laces are made of cotton and have plastic aglets on the ends. There is white stitching on the boot- around the top, around the shoelace holes, down the middle of the toe, and down the center of the back, on either side of an extra leather panel. The tops of the boots and the tongues are padded with foam. Each skate has a manufacturer's label inside the top of the boot at the inner opening.

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Catalog reference: 2016.38.2ab

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