Hat worn by Marcus Garvey

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.

Dark brown animal pelt chapeau de bras style naval hat. The outer edges of the brim are trimmed with what appears to be a brown brocade ribbon and there is folded metal gimp on the proper right side. Inside of the folded gimp are two jewels: a jet or onyx-like stone in a round gold-colored multi-pronged setting and adjacent to it a small opal-like stone. There is a brown bow on both the front and back of the hat that has a shoelace-like appearance. The under siding shows a black leather sweat band. The inner lining is dark satin and the liner tip has the maker’s marking. There is a logo inside of a circle which features a man standing with a cane in his proper right hand. There is text under the man which reads [TRADEMARK REG. US. PAT. OFF]. There also text going around the circle. It reads [W.M. H.

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