Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Straw hat with floral raffia embroidery ?
1950s-1980s
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 straw hat with floral raffia embroidery. The hat is made of woven raffia blocked to shape. A pink flower with a yellow pistil and green leaves are embroidered to the top of the crown with raffia. Purple and red raffia are woven though the base of the crown with the ends of the strands tied at the back of the hat. Various flowers in pink, yellow, cream, blue, and peach are embroidered on the top of the brim with raffia. Red raffia is sewn to the edge of the brim. The hat is unlined and unlabeled.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2007.3.861
