Brown and white felt breton hat made by Vanilla Beane

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 and white felt breton style hat made by Vanilla Beane. The dome of the hat is constructed from a single piece of white felt. The hat brim is a piece of brown felt that has been fitted over the dome. Where the dome meets the brim, there is a narrow band of brown felt with numerous white felt triangles adhered to it. On the underside of the brim the white felt dome piece extends into a decorative eight pointed star. There is a band of cloth around the interior of the crown of the hat, and an embroidered tag reading [Bené / Original] has been sewn to the back of the band.

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