Red straw hat with upturned brim and high crown

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 straw hat with an upturned brim and a high crown. The hat is composed of woven natural straw that has been blocked to shape and painted red. The hat sides, crown, and brim are all one piece with the brim measuring roughly 4” on all sides. The brim’s edges are upturned and finished with braided straw. The inside of the hat is unlined. There is no inner hatband and no label.

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