Cream and rust skull cap with net

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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 cream and rust skull cap made with synthetic velveteen and nylon net. The cap is cream in the center with a wide band of rust velveteen and rust nettings around the perimeter. At the center front of the hat there is a tucked piece of cream synthetic silk. The interior of the hat is lined with pink acetate. A red petersham cotton rayon ribbon is machine stitched along the circumference at the hat’s interior. 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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