- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Manufactured by
- Gold Tone, 1950 - 2000
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- plastic, metal, glass, rhinestones, and paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a): 5 13/16 x 1 1/4 x 15/16 in. (14.8 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm)
- H x W x D (b): 6 1/4 x 1 5/16 x 1 1/16 in. (15.9 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm)
- Description
- Plastic brush (a) with translucent orange plastic handle and white plastic teeth. The back of the brush is covered with gold metal with a decorative metal and rhinestone floral detail at the top and a mirror below it. Original paper packaging (b) is gold and black with black text on two long sides that reads "A / Gold Tone / PRODUCT" and black text on the two short openings that reads "BIJOU / COMB & BRUSH / 1922".
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Adornment
- Type
- hairbrushes
- boxes (containers)
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Business
- Fashion
- Hair
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
- Object number
- 2016.48.88ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.