Black fascinator with faux flowers worn by Ophelia DeVore. The cap is made from heavy weight black synthetic faille that is covered on the facing side entirely by black faux flowers made from large rounded pieces of semi-sheer and crinkled fabric. Each…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.25.14
A black faux fur handbag with gold hardware. The bag opens at the top with a gold metal clasp and a metal frame. A metal and black vinyl handle is at the top of the handbag. The bag is lined with black synthetic faille. A metal zipper is sewn horizontally…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.990
A black faux leather handbag with a gold clasp (a) and mirror (b). The body of the handbag (a) is made from four panels of vinyl – one for the front, one for the back, and one for each side. The front and back panels are sewn together at the bottom of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.968ab
A black faux patent leather structured bag with gold hardware. The bag has a self fabric tab at center top with gold metal hardware. This tab attaches to a gold metal snap on the center top of the bag. The snap slides downwards to release the hardware on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1064
Black fascinator with ostrich feathers designed by Mae Reeves. The fascinator has a form with rigid metal edges filled with black plastic mesh. The top exterior of the form is faced with black velvet. Small black feathers are attached on the exterior of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.213.11.1
A first edition, first printing of “Black Feeling, Black Talk" by Nikki Giovanni. The book has a olive paper binding held together using two metal staples at spine. The title of the book has been printed in black text, [BLACK FEELING / BLACK TALK], across…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.325
This is a paperback volume of poetry titled "Black Feeling, Black Talk/ Black Judgement" by Nikki Giovanni. The cover is done in tonal dots of brown and black that makes up an image of a crowd of people. A white rectangle is centered at the top margin.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.254.3
A black felt hat with black sequins. The hat is made of black wool felt blocked to shape. The center top of the hat is open. The edges of the opening are padded and covered with black synthetic knit and black plastic sequins. A self fabric three inch wide…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1079
A black felt hat with a draped hat band and feathers. The hat is made of wool felt and has a rounded crown. Cream synthetic fabric printed with diagonal lines of taupe and black is draped around the base of the crown. An applique half-moon shape made of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.782
A black felt hat with a round crown, wide brim, and black fabric ties. A black felt cord goes around the outer circumference of the crown and is knotted in two places. An orange Petersham ribbon is adhered along the inner circumference of the hat. Black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.550
A black felt hat designed by Mae Reeves with a tall rounded crown and a short brim. The brim is wider at the front of the hat and is trimmed with black faux fur. An interior hat band is made from black grosgrain ribbon. An ivory fabric designer label with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.3
Brimless black wool felt hat with a tall flat crown designed by Mae Reeves. An ivory passementerie detail with two beaded leaves and a cluster of dangling round fake pearls is adhered over a black satin ribbon bow at the proper right front of the hat. A…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.6
A hardcover book with a coated paper dust jacket. The book has a black cloth binding and orange endpapers. The front jacket cover is black with “Black Fire” written in stylized red text with flames bordering the black letters. The flames extend toward the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.152.3
A single black flat with an embroidered rose and red sole. The right shoe is made of black synthetic faille and had a slit vamp which ties at the center top with a black synthetic cord. A pink and red rose with green leaves is machine sewn on the top outer…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1060
A large, rectangular black brocade handbag with an allover floral motif. The body of the handbag is made from one continuous panel of fabric for the front and back. The fabric features a black brocade ground, with yellow, red, and green floral motifs made…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.676
Volume 1, Number 2, Winter 1976-77, of Black Forum Magazine. The cover has red and black ink on a white glossy paper background, along with monochromatic photographs of G. Falcon Beazer, John Sanders, Mason A. Cox, and Margarite Gaines, on the right. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.59.10
A black asymmetrical fringe dressd designed by Tamechi Briggs and worn on Soul Train by dancer Sharon Hill in the 1970s. The body of the dress is made from two panels of black asymmetrical polyester seamed together at the sides and the proper right hem is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.89
An envelope style black clutch made of fur and leather. The clutch closes with gold metal handwear, the flap has a metal eyelet at the center which fits with a pointed prong. The inside of the flap is made of black leather. The bag is lined with red…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1002
A black fur felt hat with feathers. The hat is made of blocked fur velour and is flat at the top of the crown. The bottom of the crown tapers inwards giving the crown rounded sides. The sides and front of the hat are decorated with black feathers that are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.463
A black fur felt hat. The hat has a flat crown and wide brim that tilts slightly downwards. The hat is blocked to shape and made of one panel of felted fur. The fur continues to the underside of the hat and ends halfway up the side of the crown. Remnants…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1034
A black fur felt hat with a woven trim and bow. The hat features a high crown and asymmetrical brim made from black fur felt that has been blocked to shape. The exterior fur felt has long pile fur and the interior has short pile fur. A 1” wide hatband made…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.523
A full-length black satin wrap skirt. The skirt has a three-inch-wide waistband. It opens on the proper left side with two metal hooks and eyes sewn to the proper left side. An additional set of hooks and eyes are sewn on the proper right side of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.832
A black, green, and red bomber jacket by Cross Colours. The jacket (a) is made of polyester, it has a rounded neckline that is edged with black synthetic knit. The jacket opens in the center front with a metal zipper. The zipper has two pulls, one on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.76.3ab
