No Soy Tu Negrita

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 multicolored headwrap with black text printed around the exterior. The fabric of the exterior of the headwrap has pink, blue, white, and orange stripes. The exterior has the phrases "no soy tu negrita", "no soy ni tu negrita", "morenita ni tu mamita", "no quiero que me disminuyas", and "usando diminutivos" printed in black in multiple places throughout the exterior. The fabric of the exterior is gathered together to form a pouf and sewn at the top to hold it's shape. The interior of the headwrap is a pink fabric. On the inside of the headwrap there is a pink elastic band with a gold toned metal snap. Next to the elastic band there is a black tag sewn on with white and pink text. The pink and white Miss Balanta logo is printed on the top of the tag with a white copyright symbol next to it.

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