Child's hat attributed to Benjamin Sheppard
date: label: Date
content: 1860-1865
name: label: Created by
content: Benjamin Sheppard, American
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: A child's coiled-grass hat made of rush, cotton string and John's island reed by Benjamin Sheppard. The rush and reed fibers have been coiled and sewn together with cotton string to form a circular hat with a flat, slightly uneven crown and flat, circular brim.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Millinery
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.13
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: reed, rush, string
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 9/16 × 11 7/16 × 11 13/16 in. (6.5 × 29 × 30 cm)