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Striped dark green silk bonnet with alternating patterns of solid and dotted rows, trimmed with an emerald green pleated ribbon with small checkered edges along the front of the brim and bottom of the crown as well as where the brim meets the crown. It is adorned with a bow of the same ribbon on right side where the bottom of the cap meets the bonnet's crown.
bonnets (hats)
headgear
quilting
silk (textile)
taffeta
Hat
Bonnet
Bonnet
Unknown
Gift of the Home for Aged Colored Women
1915.41
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