<I>Braids</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2023
name: label: Created by
content: Angélica Balanta, Colombian
notes: label: Description
content: A headwrap with a milticolored striped design throughout the exterior. The exterior has stripes of red, pink, blue, yellow, purple, and black printed in multiple directions. Some of the red, pink, yellow, and blue stripes are designed to resemble braided or twisted hair. The fabric of the exterior is gathered together to form a pouf and sewn at the top to hold it's shape. The fabric of the interior is black with an elastic band and a gold toned metal snap. Next to the elastic band there is a tag sewn on the inside that is black with white and pink text. The pink and white Miss Balanta logo is on the tag with a white copyright symbol next to it. Underneath that is [I am from Colombia] printed in white text.
place: label: Place made
content: Colombia, Latin America, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
label: Movement
content: African American - Latinx Solidarity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Miss Balanta
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2024.25.4
objectType: label: Type
content: headscarves
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Miss Balanta
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester with elastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 × 4 × 13 in. (22.9 × 10.2 × 33 cm)