Straw hat with multicolored embroidery

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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 straw hat with pink, white, and black embroidery. The hat is made from one piece of woven straw. The crown of the hat is rounded and circular. The brim of the hat is upturned at the sides. Numerous areas of the hat are decorated with polypropylene embroidery. A circular patch of satin stitches in pink and white are embroidered on front of the crown slightly offset to the proper left. Black straight stitches surround the satin stitches. Pink and white running stitches circle the base of the crown, these end in a bow at the back of the hat offset to the proper right. Pink couching stitches and chain stitches are sewn at the edge of the brim. The brim at the sides of the hat is folded. The interior of the hat is unlined and contains no label.

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