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Black and natural colored straw woven into wide, projecting brim on shallow, pleated crown with straw binding at edges and seams; tan canvas binding at nape of neck and at inner seam.
bonnets (hats)
accessories
straw (plant material)
canvas
Hat
Bonnet
Bonnet
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
1991.1571
Connecticut (United States)
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