Red straw hat with pleated hat band
date: label: Date
content: late 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A red straw hat with a pleated hat band. The hat is made of woven straw and is blocked to shape. A looser weave is used at the side of the crown at the center. A pleated red synthetic satin ribbon is draped at the bottom of the crown. It is tacked at the center front and adhered along various spots. The ends of the ribbon are crossed at the center back and have angled edges. The proper right end of the ribbon is finished with the selvage end while the proper left side is left raw. The inside of the hat is unlabeled 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
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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: 2007.3.740
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, synthetic satin ribbon, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 4 3/4 × 16 1/4 × 15 3/4 × 22 1/2 in. (12.1 × 41.3 × 40 × 57.2 cm)