Jimi Hendrix

Ace embroidered guitar strap, 2 x 42 inches, red or cream flowers with black details on a black background with red borders, on a tan suede backing, endpieces of black rawhide one of which stamped in gold with the Ace logo and "made in U.S.A."; rawhide worn especially around strap holes, a few threads coming loose, and tiny signs of blue cloth patching. Accompanied by 4 photographs and a typed letter of authenticity, signed.

rawhide worn especially around strap holes, a few threads coming loose, and tiny signs of blue cloth patching.
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An evocative relic of Jimi Hendrix at the "Newport 69" rock festival, held at Devonshire Downs, California, where he was the headliner. The strap appears in many Hendrix photographs as well as on Youtube videos of his performance. The strap was given to Albert and Arthur Allen, the "Ghetto Fighters," who shared an apartment with him, appeared with him in a free concert in Harlem in 1969 and recorded three albums with him, Cry of Love, Rainbow Bridge and War Heroes. A typed letter signed by Arthur Allen is included with this lot.