On View
Power of Place Gallery
Exhibition
Power of Place
Created by
Unidentified
Owned by
Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
Subject of
Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
Date
1941-1994
Medium
paint on wood
Dimensions
H x W x D (ab): 8 Ă— 7 5/16 Ă— 7 5/16 in. (20.3 Ă— 18.6 Ă— 18.6 cm)
H x W x D (a): 6 Ă— 5 7/8 Ă— 5 3/4 in. (15.2 Ă— 14.9 Ă— 14.6 cm)
H x W x D (b): 3 5/8 Ă— 7 5/16 Ă— 7 5/16 in. (9.2 Ă— 18.6 Ă— 18.6 cm)
Description
A wooden hat stand base (a) and form (b) painted white. The base is circular with one groove carved into the top of the base. A turned wooden dowel is screwed into the center of the base. The form is circular and tapers in toward the bottom where it attaches to the stand via a hole in the center of the underside.
Place collected
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Type
hat stands
Topic
Black Enterprise
Business
Millinery
Ornamentation
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
Object number
2010.6.129ab
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f8480de0-507d-47f2-bf5a-ec2788c83965

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