Blue and white bandana owned by Melvin Van Peebles

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 navy-blue bandana worn by Melvin Van Peebles. The square shaped bandana is made from cotton and has a large central abstract butterfly-like motif with a scalloped border around it. It’s surrounded by smaller, disparate abstract leaves and floral motifs. A square scallop-edged white border and a sold white linear border outline the central square. Outside of that is a dense pattern of floral motifs, abstract triangular shapes, leaves, and butterfly-like motifs surrounded with a scalloped edge. The outer pattern is surrounded by two white scallop edged lines. Printed in one corner on each side of the kerchief is white text that reads [FAST COLOR / 100% COTTON / RN 13960].

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