- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- 1960s
- Medium
- synthetic cellulose and cellulose products with nylon
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 1/2 × 7 × 6 3/4 × 18 1/2 in. (8.9 × 17.8 × 17.1 × 47 cm)
- Description
- A pillbox hat made from a continuous braid of white synthetic material. One end of the braid is coiled at the top of the hat. The other end is secured under itself at the left bottom edge of the crown. The interior structure of the hat is composed of nylon net and an extra layer of nylon net is adhered along the interior crown. Adhesive was used to secure the coiled braid to the interior net structure. There is no label.
- Cataloging Notes
- This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
- Collection title
- Black Fashion Museum Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- pillboxes (hats)
- hats
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
- Object number
- 2007.3.474
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




