Black straw hat with cream net
date: label: Date
content: 1940s-1965
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 cream net. The hat is made of black straw with a coating. The hat has a short crown which is round and is indented around the top edge. The hat band is made of black velvet ribbon and is tacked around the base of the crown. A bow made of black velvet ribbon is attached to the center back of the hat band. Cream knit net is draped around the flat brim. The net is gathered at four points at the edge of the brim at the front, back, left, and right with synthetic velvet ribbon. A black synthetic petersham ribbon is machine sewn along the edge of the crown at the interior. A grip edged with metal wire made of coated black straw is sewn to each side of the hat along the hatband. The edge of the brim is tuned under, a metal wire is placed along the edge. A label was sewn along the center back interior of the hat along the petersham ribbon but has been cut.
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: 2007.3.766
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: coated straw, synthetic velvet ribbon, synthetic knit net, metal wire, and synthetic petersham ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 2 1/2 × 12 × 11 3/4 × 19 1/2 in. (6.4 × 30.5 × 29.8 × 49.5 cm)