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Black and natural colored straw woven into wide, projecting brim on shallow crown with straw binding at edges and seams; tan canvas binding at nape of neck and at inner seam.
bonnets (hats)
accessories
canvas
straw (plant material)
Shaker (Christian sect)
Hat
Bonnet
Bonnet
On a printed paper label on the inside crown is the number '9.'
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Bridge, Amos D., Mr. (Maker)
Enfield, CT, USA
8 x 10 1/2 x 6 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1570
Connecticut (United States)
Title Bonnet Accession Number 1991.1613
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