Cream raffia hat with ribbon and large beads
date: label: Date
content: 1950-1967
name: label: Created by
content: Sally Victor, American, 1905 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A flat crown hat with a wide brim made from woven, cream-colored synthetic raffia. A hatband and bow made from a cream-colored Petersham ribbon is stitched to along the outer circumference of the crown. The bow is adhered to the proper right of the hat and a white, plastic, disco ball- shaped bead is attached to the end of both the left and right tail of the bow. The hat brim is trimmed with a cream colored Petersham ribbon. The interior crown is lined with cream-colored nylon netting. A sweatband made from a gray Petersham ribbon is stitched along the interior crown. A white fabric tag stitched to the interior center back reads [Sally Victor] in black text and [Headlines] in red text. An “X” is stitched into the center front of the sweatband in cream-colored thread.
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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2007.3.592
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 raffia, yarn, plastic, metal wire, rayon Petersham ribbon, net, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 × 12 1/4 × 13 × 20 in. (5.1 × 31.1 × 33 × 50.8 cm)