Black ruffled scarf 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.

Black ruffled scarf from Mae's Millinery Shop. The scarf is made from a long oval piece of black synthetic fabric with the ruffle created through an oval of black elastic thread sewn around the interior of the oval piece of fabric. A self-fabric loop is sewn on the underside of one end to pull the opposite end through and hold it in place around the wearer's shoulders. A manufacturer's label is cut from the underside of the opposite end from the loop.

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