hair ornament, barrette
date: label: date made
content: 1970-2000
label: date made
content: 1956
name: label: wearer
content: Kim, Mary
notes: label: Description
content: Light blue plastic barrette in shape of a bow. Center "tie" of bow comprised of two raised side-by-side vertical pieces of plastic in same material and color. Down CB are 12 small raied plastic knobs in a row to help hold barrette in place. Long metal loop in back used to close barrette. Metal loop attaches to barrette through a small hole in a raised knob on one end; other end of metal loop snaps over a round raised knob at other end.
label: Description
content: This barrette was a gift to Mary from her sister's boyfriend in 1956. Mary brought the barrette with her when she came to the U.S. in 1964. An oral history was conducted with donors. An unedited transcript of this oral history is available for scholarly research through the Archives Center of the National Museum of American History. The collection is "Family of Voices Oral History Project" and it is collection number AC 1365.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: used
content: Immigration
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Bill and Mary Kim
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0286.27
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0286.27
label: accession number
content: 2015.0286
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair ornament, barrette
label: Object Type
content: Hair Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 6.985 cm x 2.2225 cm