Blue looped crochet hat
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1970
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A blue hat made of crocheted synthetic raffia with long loops throughout the crown's exterior. The sides of the crown are rounded and fit loosely around the head. The brim of the hat is made of the same synthetic raffia but is crocheted without the pulled out loops. The hat is unlined but has an adhered label at the center back interior along the hat band. The label is made of paper and reads “HAND CROCHET // IN FORMOSA."
label: Cataloging Notes
content: This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
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: 2007.3.470
objectType: 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: synthetic raffia
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 6 × 9 1/2 × 9 × 20 1/4 in. (15.2 × 24.1 × 22.9 × 51.4 cm)