Black pillbox hat with veil and pom poms

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black pillbox hat with a net veil and pom poms. The body of the hat is made of two separate pieces of black wool felt with the top of the crown stitched along the sides of the crown. Three circular black plastic buttons are sewn to the center front of the hat. Self-fabric fringe synthetic pom poms are attached to the proper left and right sides of the hat. Nylon net is tacked down to the top of the crown at the center back. The hat band at the back of the hat is made of metal wire encased in black wool felt. It is attached to the hat along the sides of the crown. The interior of the hat has black buckram and a petersham ribbon is machine and hand stitched along the inner circumference.

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