Overall dress with "Golliwog" buttons designed by Patrick Kelly

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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.

An overall denim dress with "Golliwog" buttons designed by Patrick Kelly. The full length fitted dress is made of blue denim and has one and a quarter inch wide adjustable straps. Metal buckles are attached to the straps which align with a metal button embossed with a "Golliwog" face on each side of the top of the neckline. A self-fabric bib patch pocket is sewn to the center front of the chest. A one-and-a-half-inch wide self-fabric denim band is sewn slightly below the bottom of the patch pocket. A center front seam and a pair of side front seams start at the top of the dress and end at the start of the waistband. Four metal buttons embossed with a "Golliwog" face are along each side seam on the front of the dress. The top button is set at the waistband. The third button on the proper right side is missing.

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