Braids

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 headwrap with a milticolored striped design throughout the exterior. The exterior has stripes of red, pink, blue, yellow, purple, and black printed in multiple directions. Some of the red, pink, yellow, and blue stripes are designed to resemble braided or twisted hair. The fabric of the exterior is gathered together to form a pouf and sewn at the top to hold it's shape. The fabric of the interior is black with an elastic band and a gold toned metal snap. Next to the elastic band there is a tag sewn on the inside that is black with white and pink text. The pink and white Miss Balanta logo is on the tag with a white copyright symbol next to it. Underneath that is [I am from Colombia] printed in white text.

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