- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Wallace, Herman, American, 1941 - 2013
- Subject of
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Date
- 2009-2013
- Medium
- cotton (textile) and polyester
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 × 13 1/4 in. (33 × 33.6 cm)
- Description
- White boxer shorts worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in Louisiana.
- On the interior of the boxer shorts is a wide piece of dark blue painter’s tape with handwriting that reads: [Included these because / this label is interesting]. Near the blue tape is sewn a small white paper size tag, which reads: [MADE IN U.S.A. / BY LDPS & C / PRISON / ENTERPRISES].
- 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
- underwear
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maria Hinds
- Object number
- A2018.36.1.27
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




