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Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Brown wool hat with ribbon band

1960s - 1980s

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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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 brown wool hat with a ribbon hand. The hat is constructed from three panels of brown wool felt - one panel for the 2.5” brim, one for the sides, and one for the crown, all machine stitched together. There is a 1.5” brown cotton synthetic blend Petersham adhere around the hat that ends in a double looped bow that has since become undone. The inside of the hat is unlined, however a 1” brown Petersham is sewn along the inner brim.

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Catalog reference: 2007.3.799

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