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Headpiece from Muslim Girls' Training uniform

1970-1979

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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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.

Muslim Girls' Training uniform headpiece. Made to go with a matching Muslim Girl's Training Uniform, this lavender headpiece has a round crown and an asymmetrical bottom, shorter in front and longer in back. The crown is edged with yellow braid and there is a yellow five pointed star appliqué on the front. Below the star are the initials "MGT' embroidered in yellow thread.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2013.39.3

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