Two tone straw hat with star underbrim
date: label: Date
content: 1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Bené Millinery, American, founded 1979
label: Designed by
content: Vanilla Beane, American, 1919 - 2022
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A straw hat with a natural toned crown and black brim. There is a black ribbon stitched where the natural toned crown meets the black brim. The interior of the hat is unlined. Natural toned straw in the shape of a star is stitched to the underside of the black brim. Both a white and a black Petersham ribbon are sewn along the interior crown. A white, fabric tag that reads [Bené Original] is stitched to the interior center back of the crown.
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 made
content: Washington, District of Columbia, 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: 2007.3.567
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 with rayon and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 3/4 × 13 3/4 × 15 × 21 1/4 in. (17.1 × 34.9 × 38.1 × 54 cm)