Red synthetic straw hat

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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.

An oversized, flat hat, sometimes called a "pancake hat," in a red polypropylene textured to resemble straw in a braided circular pattern. There is a decorative loop made of the same material of the hat's body at the exterior of the hat band. The loop is adhered by adhesive and stitches. A petersham ribbon is sewn along the circumference of the hat’s interior. This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.

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