Ku Klux Klan robe

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 Ku Klux Klan (a) robe of undetermined rank associated with 2012.134.5.2 (cape) and 2012.134.5.3 (hood). The calf-length, collarless robe is made from ivory colored, half silk satin; fabric with a silk warp and a cotton weft. It has full-length sleeves that are slightly flared near the cuff. The robe closes with five (5) mother-of-pearl buttons and a metal snap at the top of the button band down the center front. There is a slit in each side at the waist for access under the garment. Single belt loops are sewn to the top of each side side-slit opening. The right and left shoulder seams, just above the sleeve seams there are the male sides of metal snaps for securing the associated cape (.2). Along the bottom hem at the proper left, front panel, there is a number [2] embroidered in red silk thread.

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