Red beaded hat with brown velvet ties

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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 beaded cap with brown silk velvet ties. The outer layer of the cap is composed of four wool twill triangular pieces that are herringbone stitched to each other with dark brown wool yarn. There is a single dart on the right and left front of the hat. Dark brown and light brown wool yarn are looped together at center top, forming a squatchee. Each red panel of wool fabric is hand embellished with light brown cross stitches and seed beads – silver glass seed beads for the proper front left and proper back right panels, and black glass seed beads for the proper front right panel and the proper back left. A brown silk velvet fabric tie is sewn to the bottom of the back left and right triangular panel.

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