Hatbox belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

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.

This is a hatbox (a) with lid (b) owned by Etta Moten Barnett. The hatbox is an off-white colored circular box with a pink cord to fasten down the lid threaded into the body of the box to create a second loop as a carrying handle. The lid is off-white with pink text in the center that reads “VERA / WHISTLER / ORIGINALS / JULIUS LEWIS / Memphis.”

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