Safety harness

safety harness

CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES - OUTERWEAR
before 1990
synthetic textile
H. vest 16 in.; W. vest at shoulders 17-1/2 in.; L. belt at current setting 45 in.

Safety harness, size L; vest, yellow on right side, white on left side; with yellow straps sewn at waist and criss-crossed on back and extending over shoulders to front; 2 metal loops for attaching to lifeline; 2 smaller metal loops on front of chest straps; left front rivet broken at waist; Velcro tape at waist; maker's label on right chest illegible. Worn by William Pinkney during his 1990-1992 solo sailing voyage around the world aboard his Valiant 47 sloop COMMITMENT, the first African American solo circumnavigation.

2005.17.3