Gray beaded capelet with fur collar and trim

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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 gray beaded capelet (a) with a fur collar (b) and trim (c). The gray beaded capelet (a) is made from one continuous panel of gray boiled wool that has been shaped with perpendicular shoulder darts. One set of darts start at the neck and extend to the top of the shoulder. The second set of darts measure 6” and meet the shoulder darts crosswise. The front of the cap has a 3.5" decorative border made from dark gray synthetic cording, green chainstitched synthetic thread, and a single strand of black glass faceted beads, all sewn in a meandering pattern. The rest of the body of the cape features densely packed strands of black glass faceted beads that are also chainstitched in a meandering pattern. The cape front closes at the front with a single metal hook and eye. Two 3” neckline darts are on the center back of the cape.

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