Black straw hat with black feathers and gemstone
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 straw hat with black feathers and a gemstone. The hat is made of synthetic straw blocked to shape. It has a wide brim, the proper right side of the brim is folded upwards and secured to the side of the crown. Three black ostrich feathers and a large black gemstone in a metal setting with glass rhinestones are sewn to the upturned underbrim. The hat is unlined and unlabeled.
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
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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: 2007.3.725
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 straw, synthetic feathers, plastic, metal, and glass rhinestones
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 6 1/2 × 13 1/4 × 17 3/4 × 21 1/4 in. (16.5 × 33.7 × 45.1 × 54 cm)