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Ornament, Hair Snood
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Snood crocheted with black sik thread. A circle of a simple square mesh design, studded at each intersection with a single steel bead. Loops around the circumference were threaded with a narrow wool soutache braid drawstring.
G2004.105
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1860 - 1870
User Age: Adult Gender: Female
American
Snood
hat
cap headwear
female
woman
crochet
silk
steel bead
bead
soutache braid
soutache
Local