- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Wallace, Herman, American, 1941 - 2013
- Subject of
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Date
- 2009-2013
- Medium
- ink on cotton (textile) and ramie
- Dimensions
- L x W: 40 15/16 × 16 9/16 in. (104 × 42 cm)
- Inseam: 29 1/16 in. (73.8 cm)
- Description
- Dark blue jeans worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in Louisiana.. The cotton jeans feature stylized back pockets, belt loops, front pockets, button and zipper fly, and an engraved brown leather brand patch. The word “HUNT” is printed vertically in orange ink along the proper left leg. On the inside of the jeans, at the yoke, at two fabric tags – one embroidered with the brand name and logo. The second tag reads: [ 32 / MADE IN CHINA . RN# 125272 / L : 31 / MACHINE WASH / COLD / WITH LIKE COLORS / IN GENTLE CYCLE / TUMBLE DRY LOW / COOL IRON / AS NEEDED / 55% RAMIE / 45% COTTON].
- Place used
- Angola, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Herman Wallace Archival Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- jeans
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maria Hinds
- Object number
- A2018.36.1.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




