Black umbrella decorated with faux human hair braids designed by Kate Mack
date: label: Date
content: 2003
name: label: Designed by
content: Kate Mack, French, born 1971
label: Created by
content: Pep's, French, founded 1963
notes: label: Description
content: Black cotton and polyester blend fabric umbrella embroidered with faux human hair braids designed by Kate Mack. The custom made umbrella has a wooden shaft and metal spokes painted black. The tip of the shaft and the ends of the spokes are capped in black plastic. The body is made from medium weight black cotton and polyester blend fabric. It is covered all over in braids of black faux human hair embroidered to the fabric in a vermicelli design. The curved handle is also covered in the black braided faux human hair.
place: label: Place made
content: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
label: Topic
content: Identity
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.81.2
objectType: label: Type
content: umbrellas
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Kate Mack
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton and polyester blend cloth, synthetic hair braids, wood, metal, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 39 3/8 × 39 3/8 × 39 3/8 in. (100 × 100 × 100 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 36 5/8 × 14 3/16 in. (93 × 36 cm)