Black polypropylene straw pillbox hat
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Black polypropylene straw pillbox hat

Unidentified · 1980s-1990s

polypropylene, metal wire, monofilament thread and synthetic cotton blend petersham ribbon
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A black polypropylene straw brimless pillbox hat. The hat has a flat rounded crown that is slightly raised at the center. The edge of the crown is indented and then raised to the height of the center of the crown. The sides of the crown are flat. A black petersharm ribbon is machine sewn to the bottom edge of the hat at the interior. Metal wire is sewn below the petersham ribbon with monofilament thread. The hat is unlined and unlabeled. A manufacturing label is sewn to the top of the crown at the interior which reads [100% POLYPROYLENE / MADE IN TAIWAN / R.O.C].

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