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Hat
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Hat of shiny black straw. Oval shaped. Black satin hat band laid over top, round cockade on one side and quilled band of ribbon on other side. Seems appropriate for male rather than female attire. No label. The quilling suggests mourning.
G2003.023
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Headwear
Child, Male
Historic Costume
Hat
Male
Straw
Black
1865
Mourning