- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
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- 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
- metal, glass, rhinestone, plastic, powder, and lipstick
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 9/16 x 5 9/16 x 15/16 in. (19.2 x 14.1 x 2.4 cm)
- H x W x D (small brown pouch): 1 9/16 x 2 7/8 x 1/4 in. (4 x 7.3 x 0.6 cm)
- H x W (small powder square): 2 5/16 x 1 3/4 in. (5.9 x 4.4 cm)
- H x W x D (lipstick): 1 11/16 x 11/16 x 11/16 in. (4.3 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm)
- Description
- Gold-colored metal compact case (a) with rhinestone and plastic pearl beaded decoration. The case opens with a hinge along one long side. The bottom half of the case contains, from left to right, a tray of loose cosmetic powder with a spring-action lid, a compartment containing a brown plastic pouch (b) that is empty, a metal tube of coral shaded lipstick that is attached to the case with a hinge. The lid of the case has a mirror (c) on the left, with a cut-out space for the lipstick on the right side. The mirror has a spring action mechanism along the hinge of the case that reveals an additional storage area in the lid when lifted. The case has a metal link handle.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Accessories and Personal Effects
- Type
- compacts
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
- Object number
- 2016.48.89.1abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




