Cream raffia hat with ribbon and large beads

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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 flat crown hat with a wide brim made from woven, cream-colored synthetic raffia. A hatband and bow made from a cream-colored Petersham ribbon is stitched to along the outer circumference of the crown. The bow is adhered to the proper right of the hat and a white, plastic, disco ball- shaped bead is attached to the end of both the left and right tail of the bow. The hat brim is trimmed with a cream colored Petersham ribbon. The interior crown is lined with cream-colored nylon netting. A sweatband made from a gray Petersham ribbon is stitched along the interior crown. A white fabric tag stitched to the interior center back reads [Sally Victor] in black text and [Headlines] in red text. An “X” is stitched into the center front of the sweatband in cream-colored thread.

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