On View
Segregation Gallery
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
Created by
W.M.H. Horstmann Company, American, founded 1815
Worn by
Garvey, Marcus, Jamaican, 1887 - 1940
Date
1920s
Medium
fur with leather and silk (fiber)
Dimensions
H x W x D: 5 1/4 × 7 1/8 × 18 in. (13.3 × 18.1 × 45.7 cm)
Description
Dark brown animal pelt chapeau de bras style naval hat. The outer edges of the brim are trimmed with what appears to be a brown brocade ribbon and there is folded metal gimp on the proper right side. Inside of the folded gimp are two jewels: a jet or onyx-like stone in a round gold-colored multi-pronged setting and adjacent to it a small opal-like stone. There is a brown bow on both the front and back of the hat that has a shoelace-like appearance.
The under siding shows a black leather sweat band. The inner lining is dark satin and the liner tip has the maker’s marking. There is a logo inside of a circle which features a man standing with a cane in his proper right hand. There is text under the man which reads [TRADEMARK REG. US. PAT. OFF]. There also text going around the circle. It reads [W.M. H. HORSTMANN COMPANY] around the top half of the circle and [PHILADELPHIA] around the bottom half of the circle. There is an outer circle going around the text.
The brown pelt on both sides and also on the top of the hat is darker in some areas and also appears to be a different texture. This is probably due to age.
Classification
Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Movement
Pan Africanism
Black Nationalism
Type
hats
Topic
Athletes
Clothing and dress
Men
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Jock Michael Smith Collection
Object number
2016.107.14
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd501ae77f4-79ce-4234-af20-0e9810242b72

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