Asymmetrical pale mauve hat with fabric flowers and leaves

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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.

An asymmetrical pale mauve hat with fabric flowers and leaves. The hat has a round crown with a wide asymmetrical brim. The proper right side of the brim is much longer coming to a point at the side. The proper left side of the brim is shorter and rounded. The exterior of the hat is decorated with synthetic velvet maple leaves with varying pale colors of cream, pale pink, and pale mauve. The leaves are pressed the mimic the veins of real leaves and are adhered to the base of the hat. Stems made of metal wire wrapped in brown and green paper are placed along the leaves, small fabric flowers made of the same fabric as the leaves are attached to the stems. Blue pistils made of paper are attached to the ends of the stems.

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