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Pocket square from a suit worn by Reverend Ike

mid 20th-early 21st century

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

A pocket square from a suit worn by Reverend Ike. The pocket square is made of machine-woven off-white linen or cotton with seamed edges. The pocket square has a large, plain center square with a woven square frame of four thick lines that intersect at each corner. The borders also feature four thick lines that intersect at each corner. In between the two lines is a woven wide band of thin lines that crosshatch at each of the corners.

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Catalog reference: 2020.49.2.6

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