Metal hatpin with stacked rhinestones and pearls from Mae's Millinery Shop
- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- 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, rhinestones, and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (ab): 4 5/16 × 5/8 × 5/8 in. (11 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm)
- H x W x D (a): 5 7/8 × 5/8 × 5/8 in. (14.9 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm)
- H x W x D (b): 5/16 × 1/8 × 1/8 in. (0.8 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm)
- Description
- Metal hatpin (a) with rhinestones set in circular gold-colored metal beads alternating with plastic pearl beads. The rhinestone and pearl beads get progressively larger toward the end of the pin. There is a small metal cap (b) covering the sharp end of the pin.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Adornment
- Type
- hatpins
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
- Object number
- 2016.48.94.8ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.