Beret 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 black wool felt beret. Around the inside it has a grosgrain sweatband. Sewn to the sweatband is a black fabric label with pink text that reads “makins / New York.”.

Catalog date

ca. 1980

Recorded places

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America; Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Activism; Actors; Broadway Theatre; Clothing and dress; Fashion; Singers (Musicians); Women

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