Child's tête en l'air from Saint Lucia made by Audrey Augustin
date: label: Date
content: 2015
name: label: Created by
content: Audrey Augustin, Saint Lucian
notes: label: Description
content: This child-sized tête en l'air from Saint Lucia made by Audrey Augustin is formed from a Madras plaid in red, orange, and white. The cotton plaid is formed with two wide, stacked bands around the head and a relatively smooth crown pulled to the center back where the fabric is twisted and knotted. A long piece of fabric extends straight upward from the twisted knot several inches above the crown. The fabric is stiffened with an adhesive or other binding agent as well as a layer of paper that is placed between the exterior and interior portions of the fabric that forms the crown. The knot at the center back is further secured with several metal straight pins. There are no labels.
place: label: Place collected
content: Castries, Castries Quarter, Saint Lucia, Caribbean, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
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: Cultural Expressions
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.152.3
objectType: label: Type
content: headdresses
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: cotton, paper, adhesive, and metal straight pins
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 3/4 × 6 × 6 1/4 in. (19.7 × 15.2 × 15.9 cm)