Pink ombre gauze handkerchief from Mae's Millinery Shop

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On View: Power of Place Gallery; Museum Maps; Objects in this Location

Exhibition: Power of Place

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Owned by: Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
Subject of: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994

Date: 1941-1994

Medium: nylon gauze
Dimensions: L x W: 25 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. (64.1 x 66.7 cm)

Description: Square handkerchief made from nylon gauze in a pink tone. The color has an ombre effect on the diagonal. A black manufacturer's tag is sewn along the hem near one corner that reads: "ANOTHER HIT / 100% NYLON / RN 31762 / MADE IN JAPAN".

Place collected: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Collection title: Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
Classification: Clothing-Fashion

Type: handkerchiefs

Topic: Black Enterprise; Business; Clothing and dress; Fashion; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick

Object number: 2016.48.49.5

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Pink ombre gauze handkerchief from Mae's Millinery Shop