Blue draped turban
date: label: Date
content: late 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A blue silk dupioni draped turban (a). The exterior of the hat is made from one tube of silk dupioni that is draped around the head, with an interlocking twist knot at the center front. The silk dupioni has tapered edges that are secured at the center back of the hat. There are three hand sewn darts, one at the center back and two at the top of the crown. The drapery across the hat is secured with hemstitching thought the hat which is visible on the interior. The hat is unlabeled and unlined. The hat has a matching hat pin made of metal with a faux pink pearl end (b).
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: 2007.3.456.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: hatpins
label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: turbans
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: a. silk dupioni
label: Medium
content: b. metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C (a. turban): 3 3/4 × 7 3/4 × 9 × 22 1/4 in. (9.5 × 19.7 × 22.9 × 56.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b. hatpin): 2 1/2 × 1/4 in. (6.4 × 0.6 cm)