Description:
Small undecorated child's bonnet made of dark brown straw. The body of the bonnet is made of rows of coarse straw braid (12 and spiral for back). The brim is lined with dark brown velvet and with neat brown cotton lining inside bonnet. The presence of several cut threads on the top of the hat indicated that decorations were probably removed.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Cotton

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