Black net hat with flocked net trim and velvet 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 black net hat with flocked net trim and a velvet bow. The hat is made of two different types of net, the base of the hat is made of a heavy weight synthetic bobbinet. The edge of the inner bobbinet brim is finished with a metal wire and cotton twill. The hat has a wide low crown and is unstructured. The top layer of the net is gathered at the base of the crown. Synthetic flocked trim with pom poms is sewn to the base of the crown and the underside of the brim at the crown’s opening. A synthetic velvet ribbon is sewn to the base of the crown and ends in a bow at the center back of the hat. A black synthetic petersham ribbon measuring seven eights of an inch in width is sewn to the inner circumference of the crown.

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