Red straw hat

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.

A red woven straw hat. The hat is made of one piece of twill woven straw which is blocked to shape and painted red. The crown of the hat is rounded and spirals out from the center. The hat has a wide brim that is the same width throughout. The brim is finished with a single fold to the hat's interior. The hat is unlined and unlabeled. 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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