Blue turban-style hat
date: label: Date
content: ca.1960
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A blue and teal turban style hat. The hat’s crown is made of teal velveteen. The teal velveteen and blue polyester satin are draped across the sides of the hat. Three tucks are placed along each band of fabric. The velveteen and polyester bands cross over each other on the front and back of the hat. Adhesive is placed behind the planels securing them in place. The hat’s interior has a hidden metal wire that wraps around the circumference of the hat along with a Petersham rayon ribbon sweatband. A blue nylon net that is included in the hat’s interior. The hat is machine stitched and unlined.
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: 2007.3.545
objectType: label: Type
content: pillboxes (hats)
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: polyester velveteen, satin acetate, nylon net, petersham rayon ribbon, adhesive, and metal wire
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 4 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 9 × 20 3/4 in. (12.1 × 21.6 × 22.9 × 52.7 cm)