- On View
- Segregation Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
- Date
- 1915-1944
- Medium
- cotton with buckram
- Dimensions
- H x W (hood): 24 1/2 × 17 1/4 in. (62.2 × 43.8 cm)
- H x W (hood liner): 13 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (33.7 × 29.2 cm)
- Description
- A Ku Klux Klan (KKK) hood with attached mask (a) and a hood liner (b). The hood is conical-shaped with a back flap with rounded corners. It has been made from plain, white cotton and has a red colored, cotton tassel attached at the point of the hood. Six and a half centimeter, round eyeholes have been cut out of the front of the mask and stitched to prevent fraying.
- The white hood liner has been shaped using buckram, edged at the crown in brown, painted canvas.
- Statement
- Objects depicting symbols of hate or related to organized hate groups may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate history and culture.
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- hoods (headgear)
- Topic
- Associations and institutions
- Clothing and dress
- Fraternal organizations
- Men
- United States History
- White supremacy movements
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Therbia Parker
- Object number
- 2013.55.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




