Ku Klux Klan hood with attached face mask
date: label: Date
content: 1915-1932
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Belding Brothers and Company, American, 1860 - 1932
label: Used by
content: Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
notes: label: Description
content: An ivory-colored, conical-shaped Ku Klux Klan (KKK) hood with a back flap with rounded corners and an attached face mask, associated with 2012.134.5.1abcd (robe) and 2012.134.5.2 (cape). The hat and back flap are made from half silk satin: silk warp with a cotton weft. The face mask is made from unlined, rayon satin. The back flap is self-lined. The face mask has eye openings edged in embroidery. Embroidered in red silk thread on the proper left side of the cap is the text [83 / N.Y.]. Two red, rayon tassels with a wood form are sewn to the point of the cap. The inside of the cap portion is lined with buckram and edged at the crown with brown painted canvas.On the proper right side of the buckram lining, just above the canvas rim, is a stamp in brown ink [7 1/4].
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting symbols of hate or related to organized hate groups may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate history and culture.
place: label: Place used
content: New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fraternal organizations
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: United States History
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Danny Drain, Walterboro, SC
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.134.5.3ab
objectType: label: Type
content: hoods (headgear)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silk and cotton satin with buckram
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (hood): 32 × 10 1/4 × 5 in. (81.3 × 26 × 12.7 cm)