Sushi Chef Hat
date: label: date made
content: ca 1980s
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This polyester and cotton hat was worn by Advanced Fresh Concepts Corporation sushi chefs between 1990 and 2006. The hat is round and cap-like rather than a traditional chef's toque. Designed to fit snug at the base and loose at the top allowing the hat to retain its shape. The AFC logo would be centered over the chef's mid-forehead.
label: Description
content: The first AFC chef uniform consisted of a kimono-style coat, a full length green apron, and this chef's hat. Each piece of the uniform includes the first generation AFC Corp. logo, which consists of an oval containing “AFC”, two pieces of nigiri sushi, and “Since 1986” written below the oval. The two pieces of nigiri sushi on the logo are individually wrapped with a piece of seaweed, probably a tamago nigiri (egg sushi).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Uniforms
label: Subject
content: Business
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content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
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content: Food
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content: Sushi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0182.01b
label: accession number
content: 2012.0182
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0182.01b
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: polyester (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 4 3/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 27.94 cm x 11.1252 cm x 12.065 cm