Cream hat with fabric flowers and red bows

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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 cream hat with fabric flowers and red bows. The hat is made of cream synthetic straw, the front of the brim is slightly upturned, the sides and the back of the hat are angled downwards. The hat is indented at two points at the sides of the center back. Cream and pink fabric flowers made of synthetic and synthetic velvet are placed along the front of the hat. The flowers have stamen made of paper, some of which are painted pink. The flowers are attached to stems made of metal wire wrapped with green paper. Green leaves made of paper and synthetic fabric are attached along the stems. While pompoms are placed throughout the flowers. The ends of the stems are gathered and bound with metal wire. Red synthetic velvet ribbon is tacked to the hat above the fabric flowers and along the indentation along the sides of the center back.

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