Handkerchief owned by Harriet Tubman

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 square handkerchief made of machine-woven off-white linen or cotton with scalloped edges. The handkerchief is machine-embroidered in silk around the borders with a design of two zigzags running parallel with each other and small dots between the zigzag lines and above the inner line. At the peak of each scallop is a heart with a flower growing from its center. There is a floral spray of seven (7) flowers in each corner.

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