Metal hatpin with stacked rhinestones and pearls from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: Metal hatpin (a) with rhinestones set in circular gold-colored metal beads alternating with plastic pearl beads. The rhinestone and pearl beads get progressively larger toward the end of the pin. There is a small metal cap (b) covering the sharp end of the pin.
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Beauty culture
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Millinery
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
label: Exhibition
content: Power of Place
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.48.94.8ab
objectType: label: Type
content: hatpins
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: metal, rhinestones, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (ab): 4 5/16 × 5/8 × 5/8 in. (11 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a): 5 7/8 × 5/8 × 5/8 in. (14.9 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 5/16 × 1/8 × 1/8 in. (0.8 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm)