Ku Klux Klan hood worn by Phineas Miller Wilds

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 red Ku Klux Klan (KKK) hood, associated with robe 2011.144.1.1ab. The machine-sewn red synthetic satin hood is conical-shaped and has a back flap with squared corners.The black flap has been lined with red synthetic satin while the hat portion is unlined. The hood has one (1) blue rayon tassel attached to the point of the hood. On the proper left and right sides of the hat portion are identical white embroidered designs of two concentric circles with [REALM / OF/ FLA.] embroidered between and in the center of the circles.

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