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Hat
Object/Artifact
Woven blakc straw late stage mourning bonnet with polish jet beading. Wire frame interlaced with braided straw loops and briaded horsehair at brim and across back in spide web design.
G2021.24.003
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1870 - 1880
User Age: Adult Gender: Female
Hat
Bonnet
Mourning
Late-Stage Mounring
Half Mounring
Second Mounring
Beading
Braiding
Strips
Black
Mourning