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Bonnet

Object/Artifact

One Shaker bonnet made of black/natural straw with a design on both the crown and the brim. It has a straw tape trim on the edge of the front of the brim and around where the crown and the brim are joined. There is stiff cotton binding on the rear edge of the brim, around the base of the crown and inside to the cover of the seam between the crown and the brim. A paper with "7" is pasted on the interior of the crown.

84.91.1

Genesee Country Village and Museum

1880 - 1910

Enfield

New Hampshire

United States of America

North America

Clothing Accessories, Women

7-1/2 in

5-1/8 in

9-7/8 in

1

Straw

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