Velvet skull cap hat with fabric flowers, bow, and veil

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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 velvet skull cap hat with fabric flowers, bow, and veil. The interior structure of the hat is made of buckram blocked to shape. The exterior of the hat is made of periwinkle velvet and is pleated four times. Black bias-cut black synthetic velvet is sewn along the exterior edge of the hat. A pink and periwinkle fabric flower is sewn to the center front of the hat with a smaller bud above the central flower. The center flower is constructed of periwinkle synthetic velvet petals and pink synthetic petals. The flower's pistils are made of paper. The stems are made of wire covered with green fabric. Above the flower, there are three loops of black synthetic velvet with encased wire. A black synthetic net bow is sewn behind the fabric flower. Two green synthetic velvet leaves are hand-stitched to the center top of the crown with black silk embroidery thread.

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