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Mourning hat

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silk feathers, American
Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Gift of the Brooklyn Museum 2009; Gift of Helen Ray in memory of Mr. and Mrs. William Ray and Miss M. Ray 1951
Title: Mourning hat
Description:
silk feathers, American.

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