Brown hat with multicolored plaid bow and net

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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 brown hat with a multicolored plaid bow and net. The hat is composed of three pieces – one for the crown top, one for the brim, and one for the crown sides - all made from brown synthetic twill. There is layer of stiffener (possibly buckram) sewn in between the twill and the interior lining. The hatband is made from one panel of yellow, red, blue, white, and green plaid synthetic taffeta. It encircles the crown sides and forms a large, tail-less, double looped bow at the front of the hat and is stuffed with a stiffener (possibly buckram or paper). A layer of brown nylon tulle is draped over the hat and is hand tacked into place at front brim, the back brim, at the two high points of the bow. The stitches on the proper left bow high point are broken. The 2.

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