- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- 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
- wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 6 3/4 × 7 5/16 × 6 3/8 in. (17.1 × 18.6 × 16.2 cm)
- Description
- Carved wooden hat block with a flat base and an asymmetrical curved upper form. There is a large circular hole at the center of the underside of the base.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- hat blocks
- 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
- 2010.6.31
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




