Red synthetic straw hat
date: label: Date
content: 1970s-1990s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: An oversized, flat hat, sometimes called a "pancake hat," in a red polypropylene textured to resemble straw in a braided circular pattern. There is a decorative loop made of the same material of the hat's body at the exterior of the hat band. The loop is adhered by adhesive and stitches. A petersham ribbon is sewn along the circumference of the hat’s interior.
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: 2007.3.543
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: polypropylene, petersham rayon cotton blend ribbon, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 1 3/4 × 14 1/4 × 14 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (4.4 × 36.2 × 36.2 × 51.4 cm)