- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- ca. 1970
- Medium
- cotton, synthetic silk, adhesive, synthetic dye, and buckram.
- Dimensions
- H x W x D x C: 12 × 12 3/4 × 8 3/4 × 20 1/2 in. (30.5 × 32.4 × 22.2 × 52.1 cm)
- Description
- A fabric hat with a brim and tall crown made of printed cotton. Palm trees and buildings in red, yellow, and green are printed across the fabric with a blue background. Buckram is used on the inside of the hat’s brim as a stiffener. The inside of the hat is lined in black with cotton fabric at the interior top of the crown and synthetic silk at the interior sides. The printed fabric on the exterior continues to the underside of the brim. The hat is entirely machine stitched.
- 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
- 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
- 2007.3.531
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




