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5 Heads with Hats Including an Older Lady
Object/Artifact
Black crumpled silk edged with white beads or berries. Black puckered silk crown with many yellow roses on one side. Dark yellow turban with small blue flowers in a clump and on the edge. Black lace piled on crown and trailing under chin. Older lady with black lace draped over the top and brought to front; flowers on a purple thing.
2022.35.0484
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Journal Des Demoiselles, Plate No. 4305
1881
Old Number
2009.019.28
Paper