Orange straw hat with raffia hat band
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1965
name: label: Created by
content: Betmar, American, founded 1933
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: An orange straw hat with a raffia hatband. The body of the hat is made of one piece of woven straw. The top of the crown is rounded and circular. The hat band is made of orange petersham rayon ribbon wrapped around cream colored raffia. This is tied in a knot at the back of the hat with the edges of the raffia and ribbon falling onto the brim. The brim of the hat is wide and slopes slightly downwards. The inside of the hat is unlined. There is a label on the inside of the hat at the center back that reads [Betmar], along with a union label underneath.
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.
place: label: Place collected
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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: 2007.3.577
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: straw, rayon petersham ribbon, and raffia
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 7 × 15 1/2 × 15 1/2 × 21 3/4 in. (17.8 × 39.4 × 39.4 × 55.2 cm)