Brown wool hat with ribbon band

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A brown wool hat with a ribbon hand. The hat is constructed from three panels of brown wool felt - one panel for the 2.5” brim, one for the sides, and one for the crown, all machine stitched together. There is a 1.5” brown cotton synthetic blend Petersham adhere around the hat that ends in a double looped bow that has since become undone. The inside of the hat is unlined, however a 1” brown Petersham is sewn along the inner brim.

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