Straw hat with floral raffia embroidery ?
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Straw hat with floral raffia embroidery ?

Unidentified · 1950s-1980s

straw and raffia
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A straw hat with floral raffia embroidery. The hat is made of woven raffia blocked to shape. A pink flower with a yellow pistil and green leaves are embroidered to the top of the crown with raffia. Purple and red raffia are woven though the base of the crown with the ends of the strands tied at the back of the hat. Various flowers in pink, yellow, cream, blue, and peach are embroidered on the top of the brim with raffia. Red raffia is sewn to the edge of the brim. The hat is unlined and unlabeled.

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