Red straw hat with scalloped brim and navy bow

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A red straw hat with a scalloped brim and navy bow. The hat is made of red braided machine sewn straw. The hat has a short flat crown and a wide brim. A separate panel of scalloped woven straw is a machine sewn along the edge of the brim. A one-and-a-half-inch wide navy silk grosgrain ribbon is tacked along the side of the crown. The ribbon is tied into a bow at the center back of the hat. Small pieces of bent metal wire are along the silk navy ribbon. An orange petersham ribbon is machine sewn along the inner circumference of the hat. The hat is unlabeled and unlined.

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