Straw hat with brown ribbon
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A tan blocked woven straw hat with brown ribbon (a). The hat is made of two separate pieces of woven straw, one is used for the crown and the other for the main body. The hat’s crown is short and rounded. The crown of the hat is machine stitched to the main body of the hat. These stitches are concealed by a brown rayon petersham ribbon hat band. The hat band is hand stitched to the base of the crown. The edges of the hat band meet in the center back of the hat and extend two inches. The edge of the brim is upturned along the front and sides of the hat. The brim is asymmetrical as it tilts upwards at proper right side and tilts downwards at the proper left. At the interior of the hat there is a rayon ribbon sweat band attached with straight hand stitches. The hat has a paired hat pin made of metal with a fake pearl edge (b).
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: 2007.3.398ab
objectType: label: Type
content: straight pins
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: a. straw, rayon petersham ribbon, and metal
label: Medium
content: b. metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a. hat): 3 1/4 × 9 1/4 × 10 in. (8.3 × 23.5 × 25.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b. pin): 2 × 1/4 in. (5.1 × 0.6 cm)