Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Natural straw hat with wide brim
late 20th century
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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 natural straw hat with a wide brim. The hat is composed of a single braided straw sewn in the round and blocked to shape creating one piece for both the crown and the 4” wide brim. The inside of the crown is unlined but a .75” wide yellow synthetic Petersham ribbon is sewn along the interior crown. There is a white fabric label at the interior back that reads [ONE SIZE / MADE IN CHINA / HECHO EN CHINA / RN#42000] in black text.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2007.3.840
