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Black and natural woven straw with a shallow gathered crown and long, arched brim; the edges are bound in brown straw binding tape and the neck and rear of the brim is bound in tan linen binding.
bonnets (hats)
linen (material)
straw (plant material)
weaving
Shaker (Christian sect)
Straw
Linen
Woven
Shaker
BONNET
On a paper tag under the crown is written the number nine.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
6.5 x 7.25 x 10.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1613
1830-1870 (Possibly)
Title Bonnet Accession Number 1991.1570
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