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Straw Bonnet

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1830-1840

GUSN

GUSN-59935

Description

Straw bonnet with alternating rows of woven bands of diagonal stars and scallops.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bonnets (hats)
headgear
straw (plant material)
Hat
Bonnet
Bonnet

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11 x 9 x 8 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.3480

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