Navy cap with red pom-pom
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Derby, American
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A navy wool hat with a red pom pom. The hat is made of one piece of wool felt blocked into shape. A red cotton yarn pom-pom is adhered to the center top of hat. Two ply cord covered in a silk synthetic, possibly rayon, rests across the brim. Holes containing the ends of the red cord are present on the sides of the hat at the ends of the visor. The cord is knotted at each hole at the hat's interior. The blocked wool felt wraps around the bottom of the visor to encase a wood stiffener. The hat is unlined and has an adhered label at the top of the crown at the hat's interior. The label is made of red silk acetate and reads [DERBY // LOUISVILLE, KY. // IMPORTED // FRENCH BODY // ALL WOOL // WPL 10688 // ADJ].
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: 2007.3.461
objectType: label: Type
content: caps (headgear)
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: wool felt, cotton, adhesive, wood, and cord.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 2 × 9 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 19 in. (5.1 × 24.1 × 24.1 × 48.3 cm)