Hat from Fruit of Islam uniform
date: label: Date
content: 1950-1959
name: label: Worn by
content: Jon D Ali, American
label: Used by
content: Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Fruit of Islam uniform hat with a black plastic peaked brim. This navy blue hat is round with a flat top and the initials "FOI" in beige letters. Inside the "O" is a crescent moon with a star between its horns. The hat's sweat band is brown leather pierced with a repetitive row of square perforations. There is a diamond shaped label sewn into the underside of the top; it is covered by a white square of paper with the handwritten name "Jon D Ali." There are two small ventilation holes on each side of the hat.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Nation of Islam
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Resistance
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Becca Nu'Mani
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.39.4.3
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: wool , leather , thread and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5 1/8 × 7 11/16 × 10 3/8 in. (13 × 19.5 × 26.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: On hat form: 6 1/4 × 7 11/16 × 11 1/16 in. (15.9 × 19.5 × 28.1 cm)