Pink and purple cartwheel hat from Mae's Millinery Shop

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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 pink and purple faux straw cartwheel hat designed by Mae Reeves. The hat has a short rounded crown and a wide round brim made from braided synthetic straw that is sewn together in concentric circles. The straw is pale pink except for a wide band of pale purple around the middle of the brim. A piece of burgundy stretch fabric is wrapped several times around the brim as a hat band and tied at the proper right side in a bow. Burgundy grosgrain ribbon trims the interior bottom crown. A cream fabric label with black printed text reading "Mae Reeves / OF / PHILADELPHIA" is adhered to the interior center back crown.

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