- Manufactured by
- Nissin Caps & Bags, American, founded 1995
- Owned by
- Wallace, Herman, American, 1941 - 2013
- Subject of
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
- Date
- after 1972
- Medium
- cotton (textile) and plastic with ink
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 10 1/16 × 6 11/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.5 × 17 × 20.7 cm)
- Caption
- The hand-drawn black panther on this prison-issue cap is a marker of Wallace's identity as a Black Panther Party member and an open show of his solidarity and continued fight against racial injustice within the prison system.
- Description
- An off-white prison-issue baseball cap worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison. The cap is personalized with a hand-drawn black panther on the right side of its bill. The plastic adjustment strap on the back of the cap bears the manufacturer’s mark “NISSIN”.
- Place used
- Angola, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Herman Wallace Archival Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Movement
- Black Power (Black Pride)
- Type
- baseball caps
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Clothing and dress
- Identity
- Justice
- Men
- Political organizations
- Prisons
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maria Hinds
- Object number
- A2018.36.1.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




