- On View
- Making a Way Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016
- Date
- 1960s
- Medium
- leather, cloth, thread, metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 10 1/4 × 17 3/4 × 11 in. (26 × 45.1 × 27.9 cm)
- Description
- Black leather gym bag used by Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali). The detailing and piping of the gym bag are made of light brown leather. Two vertical stripes of brown leather run down the front and back of the bag. The bag has two leather handles attached to the sides of the bag with brown leather patches. In the upper left corner of the front of the bag, in white lettering, is “C. CLAY.” The bottom of the bag has four metal studs in each of its four corners. The bag is closed with a zipper at the top that runs the length of the bag.
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- duffel bags
- Topic
- Boxing
- Sports
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.173.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




