Red straw skullcap with matching ruffle flower

Source catalog description

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

Red straw skullcap with a large ruffle flower, made from the same material, on the proper right side. A peach-colored synthetic material with red stitches in a diamond pattern cover the interior of the hat and a red Petersham ribbon lines the interior crown. A white fabric tag reading [Bené Original] is stitched over the red Petersham ribbon at the center back of the hat. This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.

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