Ku Klux Klan cape

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 Ku Klux Klan ivory colored, half silk satin cape with red half silk satin lining, associated with 2012.134.5.1ab (robe) and 2012.134.5.3ab (hood). The cape is a half circle shape. The short standing collar has red silk on the exterior and ivory silk on the interior, and fastens at the center front using two hook and eye closures. Sewn to the red interior at either shoulder are female halves of the metal snaps that correspond to the male halves on the shoulders of the robe (.1a). Sewn to the bottom front center is a single snap closure.

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