Black polypropylene straw pillbox hat
date: label: Date
content: 1980s-1990s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black polypropylene straw brimless pillbox hat. The hat has a flat rounded crown that is slightly raised at the center. The edge of the crown is indented and then raised to the height of the center of the crown. The sides of the crown are flat. A black petersharm ribbon is machine sewn to the bottom edge of the hat at the interior. Metal wire is sewn below the petersham ribbon with monofilament thread. The hat is unlined and unlabeled. A manufacturing label is sewn to the top of the crown at the interior which reads [100% POLYPROYLENE / MADE IN TAIWAN / R.O.C].
place: label: Place made
content: Taiwan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Millinery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum 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 the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.769
objectType: label: Type
content: pillboxes (hats)
label: Type
content: hats
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: polypropylene, metal wire, monofilament thread and synthetic cotton blend petersham ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 4 1/4 × 9 × 9 × 22 in. (10.8 × 22.9 × 22.9 × 55.9 cm)