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Costume oil can prop güira for Tin Man in The Wiz on Broadway
- Designed by
- Holder, Geoffrey, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014
- Created by
- Nihda, Fred, 1931 - 1997
- Used by
- Haynes, Tiger, American, 1914 - 1994
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- 1975
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 12 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 2 in. (31.8 × 9.5 × 5.1 cm)
- Description
- This oil can güira prop is part of a costume used by Tiger Haynes as Tin Man in "The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical 'Wizard of Oz'" on Broadway. It is a cylindrical tube of sheet metal with cone-shaped pieces soldered onto each long end. A rectangular hammered metal handle is nailed lengthwise to the join of the cylinder with nails. The bottom third of the cylinder has a series of hammered raised dots. When used as a percussive instrument, called a güira, these dots are scraped using a comb-like metal device to create sound.
- Place used
- New York City, Manhattan, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Black Fashion Museum Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Costume
- Musical Instruments
- Type
- güiros
- Topic
- Actors
- Clothing and dress
- Costume
- Men
- Musical Theatre
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
- Object number
- 2007.3.7.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Costume for Tin Man in The Wiz on Broadway
- Designed by
- Holder, Geoffrey, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014
- Created by
- Nihda, Fred, 1931 - 1997
- Worn by
- Haynes, Tiger, American, 1914 - 1994
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- Canvas, wool knit, reinforced plastic, metal, leather, nylon, felt, synthetic fiber, paint, steel wool, plastic foam, Velcro™, cord, tape, and glue
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 76 × 29 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (193 × 74.9 × 31.1 cm)
- Description
- This costume was worn by Tiger Haynes as Tin Man in "The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical 'Wizard of Oz'" on Broadway. It consists of a headpiece (.1.1), cuirass (.1.2), left arm and right arm armor and arm harness (.1.3abc), left leg armor (.1.4), right leg armor (.1.5), shoes (.2ab), union suit (.3), and prop oil can (.4).
- Place used
- New York City, Manhattan, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Black Fashion Museum Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Costume
- Type
- ensembles (costume)
- Topic
- Actors
- Clothing and dress
- Costume
- Men
- Musical Theatre
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
- Object number
- 2007.3.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible