- 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)
- Dimensions
- L x W: 30 1/16 × 22 11/16 in. (76.3 × 57.6 cm)
- Description
- A white t-shirt worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in Louisiana. The word “HOOKS” is inscribed with black marker on the hemline of the shirt’s front. Dark blue tape adhered to the shirt with handwriting in black felt marker reads: [‘Hooks’ was Herman’s nickname / named after his bow legs, i.e. ‘ice-hooks / legs’].
- 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
- t-shirts
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maria Hinds
- Object number
- A2018.36.1.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




