Raffia crochet beret with bead strands
date: label: Date
content: 1960s-1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A raffia crochet beret with multicolored bead strands. The body of the hat is made of synthetic raffia in a circular pattern originating from the center of the crown. Three strands of rayon petersham ribbon with plastic beads in pink, yellow, and green are tacked to the center top of the crown. The hat is unlined, there is an elastic cord at the bottom of the hat that is channeled through the edge of the raffia.
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: 2007.3.560
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: berets
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 raffia, petersham rayon ribbon, plastic beads, and elastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 1 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (3.8 × 24.1 × 24.1 × 41.9 cm)